up the stakes
提高賭注
講解:
up the stakes是出自梭哈的術(shù)語,stake是指臺面上的賭注。如果你覺得自己的牌很好,就可以「加注」(up the stakes),引申為牌桌外其他「加重后果、嚴(yán)重性加劇」的狀況。
例句:
Last week’s fatal bombing of the nerve center of the country s financial system upped thestakes, amounting to a declaration of war against Wahids rule.(出自:TIME,Sept. 25,2000,p. 20 )
上周〔印度尼西亞〕金融體系的神經(jīng)中樞遭到致命爆炸攻擊,提高了情 況的嚴(yán)重性,相當(dāng)于對瓦希德總統(tǒng)的統(tǒng)治宣戰(zhàn)。