1、stake

处于危险境地;处于成败关头

The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.

对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。

At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.

世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。

(比赛或行动的)赌注，风险

The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.

游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。

By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.

逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。

将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险

He has staked his political future on an election victory.

他把自己的政治前途押在竞选获胜上。

He has staked his reputation on the outcome.

他将自己的名声赌在了这个结果上。

2、decide

决定，拿定主意（做）

She decided to do a secretarial course.

她决定修一门文秘课程。

He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.

他已拿定主意：他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地，因此决心辞职。

解决;判决;裁决

She was still young, he said, and that would be taken into account when deciding her sentence.

他说，她还年轻，而这一点在对她量刑时将会予以考虑。

This is an issue that should be decided by local and metropolitan government.

这个问题应该由当地及大都市政府共同解决。