gambling

noun

1. 赌博；打赌；赌钱
   the activity of playing games of chance for money and of betting on horses, etc.
   1. heavy gambling debts
      沉重的赌债

1. N-UNCOUNT 赌博；赌钱
   Gambling is the act or activity of betting money, for example in card games or on horse racing.
   1. Gambling is a form of entertainment.
      赌博是一种娱乐。
   2. ...gambling casinos.
      赌场

1. He needed money to feed his addiction to gambling
   他需要钱来满足他的赌瘾。
2. He once dealt cards in an illegal gambling joint.
   他曾经在一个非法赌博点负责发牌。
3. Their taste for gambling has endeared them to Las Vegas casino owners
   他们因好赌而深受拉斯维加斯赌场老板的欢迎。
4. Gambling is a form of entertainment.
   赌博是一种娱乐。
5. Are you a gambling man, Mr Graham?
   格雷厄姆先生，你是好赌的人吗？
6. She wondered if he had been sent down for gambling.
   她寻思他是不是已经因赌博而被学校开除了。
7. We're not talking a murder here; we're talking poker machines or gambling — things that are misdemeanors in most states
   我们现在讨论的不是谋杀，而是扑克机或赌博——这些在多数州只能算轻罪了。
8. Drinking and gambling sank him completely.
   饮酒和赌博使他彻底堕落了。
9. We'll never give the green light to gambling.
   我们永远不会给赌博开绿灯。
10. His gambling losses put him deeply [ heavily] in debt.
    他因赌博输钱而负债累累。
11. He lost a lot of money in gambling.
    他赌博输了很多钱。
12. He has a passion for gambling.
    他非常爱赌博。
13. He is much given to gambling.
    他赌博成瘾。
14. Gambling is legal in some countries.
    在某些国家里赌钱是合法的。
15. The men have been gambling away all night.
    那些人赌了整整一夜。
16. He was chronically addicted to gambling.
    他是个积重难返的老赌棍。
17. Gambling is a public plague.
    赌博是社会公害之一。
18. He lost five hundred yuan ( in gambling).
    他输了五百块钱。
19. Getting into the bad habit of gambling will bring continuous evil consequences.
    染上赌博的恶习将贻害无穷。
20. The police raided a gambling house.
    警察突袭了一处赌场。
21. With him, gambling is an obsession.
    对于他来说，赌博是无法摆脱的。
22. I want you to help me stop my son gambling.
    我想你帮我制止我儿子赌博。
23. Games are as harmful as alcohol, drugs and gambling, that's the prejudice.
    他们认为玩游戏和酒精、毒品和赌博的害处一样大。
24. Are you gambling with this child?
    你在和这个孩子打赌？
25. Kevin was broke because he had squandered all his money gambling.
    凯文破产了，因为他把所有的钱都浪费在了赌博上。
26. He squander his time and money in gambling.
    他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱。
27. Who said you're gambling today?
    谁说今天是你和他赌？
28. I was misled by my elder brother into a life of drinking and gambling.
    我被我的哥哥引入喝酒和赌博的生活歧途中。
29. I thought he was spending it on gambling.
    我还以为他把钱花在了赌博上。

noun

1. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
   1. his gambling cost him a fortune
   2. there was heavy play at the blackjack table

   Synonym:    gamingplay