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Parents are usually expected to ante up for their children's college education.父母通常要为他们的子女支付大学教育费用。The dealer called for a dollar ante.庄家要求下一美元的赌注。The popular actor first demanded twice the salary offered him but then kept upping the ante.这个当红演员起初要求增加一倍薪酬，但后来不断提高要价。These improvements would raise the ante.这些改进会提高价格。Whenever they reached their goal, they upped the ante by setting more complex challenges for themselves.他们一达到目标，就会提高要求，给自己提出更有难度的挑战。Each player put in his ante.每个玩家都押上了赌注。Small firms that want to expand must ante up large legal fees.小公司想要扩展就必须支付一大笔律师费。He was proposing some penny-ante increase.他提议略微增加一些。The new law ups the ante on people who cheat on their taxes.新的法律加大了对骗税人的惩罚力度。Did everyone at the table ante?桌上每个人都下赌注了吗？The government has upped the ante by refusing to negotiate until a ceasefire has been agreed .政府增加了砝码，在达成停火协议之前拒绝谈判。The film ups the ante on special effects.这部电影对特技效果提出更高要求。The politician decided to up the ante with a courterproposal.那位政客决定加码，提出反建议。Nobody gets to play if they don't ante up.不下赌注就没的玩。I named my price. They can ante up or get out of the game.我出了价，他们要么付钱，要么退出游戏。The goal is to return as closely as possible to the status quo ante.目标是尽可能地回到过去的状态。 |