stakes

賭け金、かかっているもの

判断や行動、競争によって、得たり失ったりする可能性のあるもの。

やさしい英語で： The things you could win or lose through a decision, action, or competition.

• The stakes are high.
• Losing the match raised the stakes for our team.
• Everyone understood the financial stakes of the decision.

よく使う表現： high stakes, raise the stakes, stakes are high

杭

固定や目印のために地面に打ち込む、先の尖った木や金属の棒。

やさしい英語で： Long pieces of wood or metal with pointed ends, pushed into the ground to hold or mark something.

• We need stakes for the tent.
• He hammered wooden stakes into the ground.
• Tie the young plants to stakes for support.

類義語： posts, pegs

よく使う表現： wooden stakes, tent stakes, drive stakes into