double down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack. intransitive
    — He'd bet three thousand and double down to six thousand, all of it hanging on the turn of the next card.
  2. To significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment; to respond to a challenge (e.g. to an opinion) by reinforcing or extending one's position rather than moderating it. broadly,figuratively,intransitive
    — Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan.

词形变化

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