| 词汇 | raise-up-the-stakes |
| 释义 | raise/up the stakesphrase to increase the prize or reward in a competition or any activity in which you are competing: 增加奖金;提高奖赏 The fight promoters have decided to raise the stakes in order to attract better competitors. The stakes were raised this year, meaning that poker players were competing for almost $5 million in prize money. She refused to pay unless the tournament organizers upped the stakes for women. Another couple upped the stakes by offering over £3.5m for the property. A shortage of housing has raised the stakes for estate agents. to make a situation more urgent or more difficult to ignore: 使情况更紧急；使事态扩大 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 president has upped the stakes by sending troops to the border. This legal decision could raise the stakes for all similar employment cases. Stiffer sentences have raised the stakes for drug traffickers. The supermarket's special offers have upped the stakes in this retail war. See also stakenoun(RISK) |
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