in the stakes

釋義

1. in the… stakes

   （評論一個人的某種品質高或低）要是比…的話，論…

   used to say how much of a particular quality a person has, as if they were in a competition in which some people are more successful than others

   John doesn't do too well in the personality stakes.論人格魅力，約翰很一般。

電影裡這樣說 · 23 部

• To make the stakes personal.The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023
• Let me up the stakes.The Trip2011
• Yeah. It looks cool. Raise the stakes.The Fall Guy2024
• And the stakes are high.Kung Fu Panda 42024
• I raise the stakes.Amazing Grace2006
• Because our movie has fucking stakes!Scream2022
• Or is it mostly just the lethal high-stakes gambling?Men in Black: International2019
• Come on, let's up the stakes a little bit. Come on.The Invention of Lying2009

在完整場景裡學

• 美食之旅2011
  • 上路閒聊訂房出錯：have someone down as（以為某人是某種人）
  • 旅館只剩一間房：part of its charm（正是它的魅力所在）
  • 飯桌互學凱恩較勁：take a long, hard look in the mirror（好好反省一下自己）
• 奇異的恩典2006
  • 巴斯溫泉邊被牽線：anything but（唯獨不是）
  • 草地上坦白信上帝：ran away with（跟人一走了之）
  • 勸老友重返政壇：where your heart lies（心到底在哪邊）

同一詞條的短語

• at stake
• go to the stake over
• up sticks
• stake a claim
• stake out