Betting

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bet

手打:洛葛仙妮

• An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It was here that poor Fred Vincy had made part of his memorable debt, having lost money in betting, and been obliged to borrow of that gay companion. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• How is the betting? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He attended to his game commonly and didn't much meddle with the conversation, except when it was about horses and betting. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Up to the time of the catastrophe he was the first favorite for the Wessex Cup, the betting being three to one on him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• As Desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favorite. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• You are great people for betting in Yorkshire, are you not? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They do so because something within them is satisfied by betting or drinking. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The grand-stands were old and made of wood and the betting booths were under the stands and in a row out near the stables. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

编辑:沃尔夫冈