Gambler

(noun.) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.

(noun.) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement.

录入:朱莉

• And it's to this man's son--this scoundrel, gambler, swindler, murderer of a Rawdon Crawley, that Matilda leaves the bulk of her money. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He is one of the most dangerous men in England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely desperate villain, a man without heart or conscience. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He put down one over the fair shoulder of the little gambler before him, and they won. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Besides, he's such an infernal character--he's a gambler--he's a drunkard--he's a profligate in every way. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• One of them that I visited was in a Baptist church, the man with the wheel being in the pulpit, and the gamblers in the pews. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I am a warning to others, just as thieves and drunkards and gamblers are, she said in a low voice. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• New stakes were laid on the stone, and the gamblers proceeded as before. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I recommend the recent spectacle in New York where the most sensational raider of gambling houses has turned out to be in crooked alliance with the gamblers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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