• n. 赌注；赌博；赌物
• vi. 打赌
• vt. 下赌注
• n. (Wager)人名；(英)韦杰；(芬、瑞典)瓦格

来自wage, 承诺，保证，引申义打赌，愿赌服输。

wager (n.)

c. 1300, wajour "a promise, a vow, something pledged or sworn to;" also "a bet, a wager; stakes, something laid down as a bet," from Anglo-French wageure, Old North French wagiere (Old French gagiere, Modern French gageure) "pledge, security," from wagier "to pledge" (see wage (n.)).

wager (v.)

c. 1600 (intransitive); 1610s (transitive), from wager (n.). Related: Wagered; wagering.

1. A wager is a fool's argument.

傻瓜一争论就打赌.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. I wager that It'shall be so.

我保证(它)会这样.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in.

她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I am ready to wager a package of cigarettes that he will come.

我敢打赌一盒香烟,他一定来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.

我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。

来自辞典例句