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.
一個善良的店主因為巨額賭債使得暗藏珍寶的店被一個貪婪的地主侵占。
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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個涉及賭債的案件。

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