| 释义 | do something for a betidiommainly UK(US usuallydo something on a bet)
 to do something dangerous or take a risk because someone says that they do not think you will: 赌气做…
 She jumped in the fountain for a bet.她赌气跳进了喷水池。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Taking risks
 adventurer
 all in
 be skating on thin iceidiom
 bet the farm/ranchidiom
 broke
 compromise
 expose
 gamble
 hazard
 high wire
 high-stakes
 imperil
 jeopardize
 put your neck on the lineidiom
 re-expose
 risk
 run the risk of doing somethingidiom
 sail
 sail close to the windidiom
 skate
 
 
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