increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute(尤指冲突或争议中)加大赌注,冒更大风险
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
PHRASE
(在争议或争夺中)提高要求,增加筹码
If you up the ante or raise the ante, you increase your demands when you are in dispute or fighting for something.
英汉词典释义
n.
已付的金额;分担额
His ex-wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.他的前妻在诉讼中要求提高赡养费。The publisher upped the ante for the biography by offering 1000 yuan.这家出版社提高了这部传记的预约稿酬,愿比其竞争对手多付1000元。
vt. & vi.
付款(通常指不愿意的)
When his wife was awarded alimony by the court,Snow had to ante up.当他的太太被法庭判定获有离婚赡养费时,斯诺不得不付这笔钱。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot