Ante

(noun.) (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot.

(verb.) place one's stake.

珍手打

• Gerald was left behind like a postulant in the ante-room of this temple of mysteries, this woman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Nobody had disturbed her, no faint rustling of the silk dress had been audible, either in the ante-room or in the passage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As was pointed out in the discussion of habit-forming (ante, p. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In my haste and my agitation I left the door of the ante-chamber open, but I closed the door of the bedroom the moment I was inside it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There was a smart young Frenchwoman waiting in Nugent's ante-room, and we rated him most unmercifully about her. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I asked her how she came to be so forgetful as to leave the key on the outside of the ante-room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It meant a rebellion against existing social institutions, customs, and ideals (See ante, p. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

校对:南森