1、stake

處于危險境地;處于成敗關頭

The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.

對于一場成敗攸關的比賽來說氣氛自然非常緊張。

At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.

世界貿易談判正處于成敗的重要關頭。

(比賽或行動的)賭注，風險

The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.

游戲通常在兩大集團之間進行，下的賭注一般都很大。

By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.

逮捕了該組織的兩名主要頭目后，政府和軍隊現在面臨的風險更大了。

將…押(在…);以…打賭;拿…冒險

He has staked his political future on an election victory.

他把自己的政治前途押在競選獲勝上。

He has staked his reputation on the outcome.

他將自己的名聲賭在了這個結果上。

2、pretend

假裝；偽裝；裝作

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

當情況不好的時候我假裝一切順利。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

有時這個男孩會假裝睡著了。

自詡；自稱；自以為

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

我們并不自夸在過去的6年中沒有遇到任何問題。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢境作透徹的分析。