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We want to remain high in the popularity stakes.我们要保持很高的受欢迎程度。The stowaways are trying to raise the stakes by refusing to eat until they are given money and aid.偷渡者正试图通过绝食来使事态扩大，直到他们得到钱和援助为止。The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。JB rarely, if ever, stakes out a position on anything.詹姆斯·邦德几乎从未对任何事阐明立场。The wooden stakes designate the edge of the building site.这些木桩表示建筑工地的界桩。The political stakes are high.政治赌注很高。Who are the main contenders in the party leadership stakes?在该党领导人的争夺战中谁是主要的竞争者？Beckham was high in the popularity stakes.贝克汉姆的受欢迎程度很高。The minority group has at last achieved parity in the media stakes.少数派在新闻媒介战中终于获得了均势。They always play for high stakes.他们总是下大赌注。The stakes are too high/low/big.赌金太高/低/大。We're going to pull up stakes and move to Montana.我们打算把家搬到蒙大拿州去。Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.英国在儿童保育方面落后于欧洲其他国家。He made a twenty-dollar bet at the stakes.他在有奖赛马上下了二十元的赌注。The team is playing for enormous stakes - the chance to play in the final.这支球队正在为无上的回报，即进入决赛，而拼命一搏。They sunk several stakes.他们将几根树桩敲进地里。The old ladies played for small stakes just for amusement.老太太们下小赌注赌钱只是为了取乐。I have decided to pull up stakes and go to live in Australia.我已经决定搬到澳大利亚去居住。She was determined to win in the fashion stakes.她决意要在时装比赛中获胜。We first drove the stakes into the ground.我们首先把桩打入地里。This is guaranteed to make you feel like a complete dud in the old romance stakes.这一定会使你觉得自己在这场老套的爱情角逐中是个十足的失败者。The stakes are pushed or hammered into the ground and can be used for supporting a plant or forming part of a fence.将木桩插入地下，可以用来支撑植物或构成围栏。She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines.她在花园里打桩来支撑藤本植物。Ben wouldn't score very highly in the popularity stakes.论声望，本并不是很高。He and his friends enjoy playing cards for low stakes.他和朋友们喜欢来小笔输赢的牌戏。By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher.对布莱尔来说，这已经是最高的政治赌注了。Her career was going nowhere, so she decided it was time to pull up stakes.她的工作没有前途，因此她认为是时候卷铺盖走人了。He liked gambling, but only for small stakes.他喜欢赌博，但只是小赌注的。 |