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、pretend

假装；伪装；装作

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

当情况不好的时候我假装一切顺利。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。

自诩；自称；自以为

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

我们并不自夸在过去的6年中没有遇到任何问题。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在这一次讲座中，我不敢自诩能对梦境作透彻的分析。