up the stakes
提高赌注
up the stakes是出自梭哈的术语,stake是指台面上的赌注。如果你觉得自己的牌很好,就可以「加注」(up the stakes),引申为牌桌外其他「加重后果、严重性加剧」的状 况。
Last week’s fatal bombing of the nerve center of the country s financial system upped the stakes, amounting to a declaration of war against Wahids rule.(出自:TIME,Sept. 25,2000,p. 20 )
上周〔印度尼西亚〕金融体系的神经中枢遭到致命爆炸攻击,提高了情 况的严重性,相当于对瓦希德总统的统治宣战。