/bet ||; bɛt/verb [I,T] (
present participle betting;past tense past participle bet or betted)
1 bet (sth) (on sth) to risk money on a race or an event by trying to predict the result. If you are right, you win money 打赌；下注: I wouldn't bet on them winning the next election. 我愿意打赌，下次选举他们赢不了。I bet him £10 he couldn't stop smoking for a week. 我以10英镑跟他打赌，他戒烟戒不了一个星期。 [SYN] gamble or put money on sth 同义词为 gamble 或 put money on sth
2 (spoken 口语) used to say that you are almost certain that sth is true or that sth will happen 肯定；确信；敢说: I bet he arrives late -- he always does. 我敢说，他一定会迟到─他老是那样。I bet you're worried about your exam, aren't you? 我敢肯定你在担心考试，对吗？
you bet(
spoken 口语) a way of saying ‘Yes, of course!’ 当然:
‘Are you coming too?’ ‘You bet (I am)!’ “你也来吗？”“当然！”