up the ante (赌牌)提出更多的要求;提高赌注加码
- His father knows it will be time to up the ante, given a guest list with many of the same faces.
他父亲知道这次要下更大的血本了,因为宾客名单上有很多熟悉的面孔。 - Higher and higher you up the ante, each click of the mouse a painful reminder that you've already bid more than you wanted to spend.
你一点点地提高自己的出价,每点一次鼠标你都会痛苦地想到:你的出价已经高出了你实际想花的数目。 - Until of course, Bodie had kissed him… Always have to up the ante don't I, Bodie thought ruefully as he took a deep drag of a forbidden cigarette.
直到,当然,鲍迪吻过他……我非得总提高赌注,是吧?鲍迪深吸了一口烟边悲伤地想。
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