bet

Compared meaning: to risk money on an outcome (verb).

比较义项：打赌，下注（v.）。

• bet 本词

  The everyday, informal word; used constantly in casual speech, including the fixed phrase 'I bet' to show strong confidence, not just literal money-risking.

  这是日常口语中最常用的词，非常随意，还常用于固定说法 “I bet”，表示很有把握，而不只是字面上拿钱去赌。

  I bet you can't finish that whole pizza by yourself.

  我敢打赌你一个人吃不完那整个披萨。

• wager

  A more formal or literary word for the same act; sounds old-fashioned or bookish in casual conversation and is rarely used the way 'I bet' expresses confidence.

  表示同样的行为，但更正式、更书面，在日常对话中听起来有些老派或文绉绉，也很少像 “I bet” 那样用来表示很有把握。

  He made a small wager with his friend about who would win the race.

  他和朋友就谁会赢得比赛打了个小赌。

Both words mean to risk money on an outcome. Bet is the everyday, informal word, used constantly, including in "I bet" to show confidence, not just money. Wager is a more formal or literary word for the same act, sounding old-fashioned in casual speech.

这两个词都表示“拿钱去赌某件事的结果”，用法接近，但 wager 更正式、更书面，日常口语中人们更常用 bet；bet 还可以用在非正式的“我敢打赌…”这类表达自信的句子里，而 wager 几乎不用于这种引申用法。

Compared meaning: money risked on an outcome (noun).

比较义项：赌注（名词）。

• bet 本词

  The most common, everyday word for money risked on an outcome; used in casual speech, e.g. 'make a bet', 'win/lose a bet'; also common as a verb ('I bet you...'), a sense not compared here.

  最常见、最口语化的“赌注”说法，用于日常口语，如“make a bet”（打赌）、“win/lose a bet”（赢/输掉赌注）；bet 也常作动词表示“我敢说”，但这里不比较该义项。

  He made a two-dollar bet with his brother over who would win the game.

  他和哥哥打了个两美元的赌，赌谁会赢得比赛。

• stake

  The amount of money put up before a bet or game, especially the buy-in; often used in the plural 'stakes'; the same spelling also means a wooden post, a different, uncompared sense.

  指下注或参赛前投入的本金，尤指入局的赌金；常用复数 stakes；同一拼写还可指“木桩”，是另一个不在此比较的义项。

  Each player had to put up a twenty-dollar stake before the card game began.

  纸牌游戏开始前，每位玩家都必须拿出二十美元的赌注。

• wager

  A formal or literary word for a bet, more common in writing or old-fashioned speech than in everyday conversation; less frequent overall than bet.

  bet 的正式或书面说法，多见于书面语或较旧式口语，日常对话中不如 bet 常用。

  In the story, the two knights settled their quarrel with a formal wager of one hundred gold coins.

  故事中，两位骑士以一百枚金币的正式赌注解决了他们的争执。

All three mean money risked on an outcome. Bet is the most common, everyday word, as in "make a bet." Stake is the amount put up before a bet, often called "stakes." Wager is formal or literary, more common in writing than speech.

这三个词在“赌注”这一义项上意思相近，但语域不同：bet 最口语化，stake 强调下注的本金且常用复数，wager 偏正式书面。这里不比较 bet 作动词表示“我敢说”的用法，也不比较 stake 表示“木桩”的义项。