gambling debts

基本解釋

his novella “The Gambler” is thought to have been written to enable him to pay his gambling debts.
陀斯妥耶夫斯基的寫作來自于他自己的親身經(jīng)歷，普遍認(rèn)為他的中篇小說《賭徒》是為了自己償還賭債而創(chuàng)作出版的。
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures.
一個(gè)善良的店主因?yàn)榫揞~賭債使得暗藏珍寶的店被一個(gè)貪婪的地主侵占。
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Clark County, which encompasses Las Vegas, prosecutes roughly 200 cases involving gambling debts a month, says Bernie Zadrowski, who runs the bad-checks unit.
據(jù)執(zhí)掌這個(gè)部門的扎德羅斯基（Bernie Zadrowski）說，拉斯維加斯隸屬的克拉克縣每月起訴大約200個(gè)涉及賭債的案件。

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