ante
[ˈænti]
n.
（赌纸牌下的）赌注;
已付的金额;
分担额;
预付款;
vt.& vi.
（尤指赌账）付账;
付出;
支付分担额;
付款（通常指不愿意的）;
例句:
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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.
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Paul Reichmann offered to ante up $2 million.
保罗·赖克曼出价到200万美金。
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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.
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It used that limited list to up the ante.
来自THETIMES
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Twenty-seven million dollars that should have been ante money.
来自NEWYORKER
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Both sides, he said,are raising the ante.
来自VOA