at stake

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   成败难料；得失都可能；有风险

   that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action

   There is so much at stake.

电影里这样说 · 31 部

• One man is dead. Another man's life is at stake.12 Angry Men1957
• - Erika! - Sir?Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• With so much at stake all you can think of is your feelings.Casablanca1943
• Human freedom is at stake.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• And people's lives are at stake.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• My family, my marriage is at stake.Match Point2005
• There is so much at stake.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• ...everyone's money would be at stake.The Dark Knight2008

在完整场景里学

• 十二怒汉1957
  • 陪审员刚进门：open-and-shut case（一目了然的案子）
  • 首轮投票十一比一：kick someone around（受尽欺负）
  • 陪审团围桌轮流发言：burden of proof（举证责任）
• 卡萨布兰卡1943
  • 把通行证托付给里克：gave you any thought（压根没把你放心上）
  • 拒卖咖啡馆，旧爱买醉：on the rebound（趁虚而入）
  • 上尉登门警告里克别插手：stick my neck out（冒险替人出头）
• 阿特拉斯耸耸肩2011
  • 拍板改用里尔登金属：right-hand man（最得力的助手）
  • 为加急钢轨谈成交易：squeeze every penny（榨干每一分钱）
  • 送金属礼物被嫌自私：toast of the town（全城红人）

同一词条的短语

• go to the stake over
• in the… stakes
• up sticks
• stake a claim
• stake out

习语频道里接下来

• go with the flow
• know better
• make all the difference
• make the most of
• be done with
• kill two birds with one stone
• over again
• to hell with
• be to blame
• in return
• get the hell out
• on duty