The Quiet Americanを読んでいると以前何かで見た覚えがありますが、意味を思い出せない単語が出てきました。（そんな単語はこれだけではありませんが）
'"Let us weigh the gain and loss,"' he quoted, '"in wagering that God is, let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose you lose nothing."'
I quoted Pascal back at him--it was the only passage I remembered. '"Both he who chooses heads and he who chooses tails are equally at fault. They are both in the wrong. True course is not to wager at all.
この "wager" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: to risk or bet (something) on the outcome of an unsettled matter: Syndicated columnist Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games this season.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an amount of money that you risk in the hope of winning more, by trying to guess something uncertain, or the agreement that you make to take this risk: She put a cash wager of ￡50 on the biggest horse race of the year.
・Vocabulary.com: You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb, to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table, or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it, wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage, "to pledge."
'"Let us weigh the gain and loss,"' he quoted, '"in wagering that God is, let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose you lose nothing."'
I quoted Pascal back at him--it was the only passage I remembered. '"Both he who chooses heads and he who chooses tails are equally at fault. They are both in the wrong. True course is not to wager at all.
この "wager" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: to risk or bet (something) on the outcome of an unsettled matter: Syndicated columnist Bob Christ has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on NFL games this season.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: an amount of money that you risk in the hope of winning more, by trying to guess something uncertain, or the agreement that you make to take this risk: She put a cash wager of ￡50 on the biggest horse race of the year.
・Vocabulary.com: You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb, to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table, or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it, wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage, "to pledge."
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