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 ante ['æntɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 赌注

vt. 下赌注

vi. 下赌注


  1. If Saddam defies the ultimatum, the anti-Iraq allies who fought Saddam in the Gulf War two years ago could retaliated by bombing his missiles–or up the ante and go after Iraqi air bases or was planes.
    如果萨达姆公开拒绝最后通牒,两年以前在海弯战争中与萨达姆作战的反伊拉克盟国可能轰炸他的导弹以为报复——或提高赌注攻击伊拉克空军基地或战机。
  2. How much did they each ante up?
    他们每人先下了多少钱作赌注?
  3. The ex ante perspective is forward looking.
    事先”视角乃是向前看的。


ante
[ noun ]
  1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot

  2. <noun.possession>
[ verb ]
  1. place one's stake

  2. <verb.competition>


Ante \An"te\, n. (Poker Playing)
Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante)
the game begins.


Ante \An"te\, v. t. & i.
To put up (an ante). also {ante up}.

  1. Since Mr. Wynn upped the ante, other promoters have attempted to woo Mr. Douglas with prospects of as much as $50 million for a rematch with Mr. Tyson.
  2. But if Maastricht did not enter into force, the alternative would not be the status quo ante.
  3. A White House source said the president would not likely want to "up the ante" with Congress so early in the administration.
  4. At the Senate Judiciary Committee, officials of Eastern's parent company, Texas Air Corp., voiced opposition to a measure that would up the ante for management.
  5. And I'd - I think that - in the first place, I think the status quo ante, the return to where we were before Saddam invaded his neighbor, is unacceptable.
  6. Insurance companies in the same lines of business as the failed company then ante up a percentage of their premiums in states where policyholders are affected.
  7. KKR rival Forstmann Little & Co. also made progress convincing numerous big investors to ante up $1.5 billion in new debt financing for future deals.
  8. First, the Vuittons seemed to be upping the ante in their power struggle with the management of competing luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
  9. In August 1986, Noriega, through an intermediary, upped the ante with an explosive offer.
  10. Late last year, the Federal Reserve Board upped the ante.
  11. But these judges have raised the ante by challenging the authority of Chief Justice Rehnquist, whose position makes him the top judicial spokesman on changes in federal court procedures.
  12. Last week, Roh Tae Woo, president of South Korea, raised the ante by announcing that South Korea would abandon its interest in reprocessing plutonium, an option long favored by South Korea's military.
  13. The House approves $750,000 for a farm-safety school curriculum, and the Senate may up the ante.
  14. Mr. Edelman said that offering to up the ante in a letter was "a first step."
  15. The county apparently saw the fire as an occasion to improve on the status quo ante rather than just restore it as soon as possible.
  16. Bankers abroad aren't lining up to sink money into Mexico either, as evidenced by the recent Bush administration debt-relief initiative that nearly foundered when bankers hesitated to ante up new loans.
  17. They predict that the ante could rise to $300 a share if a UAL-British Air combination sought to top the Davis bid.
  18. The House Banking Committee complied, adopting the $1.50 standard by 1991 and upping the ante by telling S&Ls they will have to have $3 in capital for every $100 in loans by 1995 over the opposition of most of its GOP members.
  19. Environment minister Michael Smith had wanted to up the ante to IPounds 500 until he bowed to opposition protests.
  20. Long before the Japanese raised the ante in automobile quality, the Germans were building Beetles so tightly that they could float.
  21. A stake in the few properties available in the fusing world of media and communications is viewed as merely the ante which buys admission to the multi-media poker game.
  22. Lomas Financial Corp., raising the ante in its high-stakes dispute with lenders, said it defaulted on $145 million in notes that matured Friday.
  23. Within days, the Swiss concern agreed to ante up $100 million for half of Corning's medical business and the joint venture was formed.
  24. The ante is expected to be raised further today at a meeting with Pan Am's unsecured creditors in which Delta, UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Trans World Airlines Inc. present their offers for Pan Am and its assets.
  25. Investors have criticized the deal as coercive because it would dilute the holdings of those who don't ante up more cash to buy the rights.
  26. Perhaps the biggest advantage was the stubborn determination of Campeau's chairman and chief executive officer, Robert Campeau, to keep ahead of possible competitors by constantly upping the ante on his bid.
  27. Indeed, Chrysler upped the safety ante in the minivan market when, earlier this year, it put driver-side airbags in its minivans.
  28. By calling television critics who gave "Parenthood" favorable reviews and making himself available for interviews, Susskind is upping the cancellation game's ante.
  29. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., then upped the ante by proposing an additional $2.2 billion in spending, to be paid for with an across-the-board spending cut of about half a percent.
  30. Moultrie declined to up the pie ante last year, choosing instead to bake a giant pecan cookie in October.
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