Up the ante是一个常见的美语口语表达,意思是:加码、加大赌注。常用其引申含义,表示:投入更多、押上更多。其英文解释为:to raise the opening stakes in a betting game.(在下注类游戏中加大筹码。)up在这里的意思是“提高”(to raise; go better than),作为动词;而ante则是“赌注”之意。
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参考与up the ante有关的几个英文例句:
- Pete upped the ante on that the poker game to $100 per hand. (皮特在扑克游戏中将赌注加大到100美元每手。)
- Don’t up the ante any more. You’re betting far too much money already.(别再加注了。你已经投太多钱了。)
- With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante.(手中握有3张Ace,2张Jack,他认为加注万无一失。)
- The school system cannot raise teachers’ salaries, so they are providing better benefits as an effort to up the ante.(学校的系统不允许给教师加薪,因此他们决定以提供更好福利的方式来加码。)