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Definition of safe bet in English:

safe bet

noun
  • 1A bet that is certain to succeed.

    准能赢的打赌

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think we can look at a couple of safe bets for the flops - that'll be Spain and Holland.
    • All three of those signings were risky, but the £6.5million spent on Yakabu looks like a very safe bet, even when you don't compare it to the previous mishaps.
    • All in all, for domestic economic agents and market investors, the coming months should be very challenging, and there are no safe bets.
    • But it's a safe bet that Meyer et al. will dismiss these findings.
    • Lowry, Healy, Higgins, Gregory, Fox and Healy-Rae are all considered safe bets for re-election.
    • As for stocks, he's sticking to relatively safe bets like Mexican cement maker Cemex, which operates globally, and San Miguel Corp., Philippine beverage company.
    • In North America, the majors' choke-hold on the market and radio, and their fear of anything but safe bets means they are throttling themselves into irrelevance.
    • These companies are generally expensive to purchase but can be safe bets.
    • If you're wondering where that $1.3 trillion tax cut for the rich is going, perhaps the luxury travel business is a safe bet.
    • And that's a safe bet as Phil Jackson has nine rings as a coach and a 42-4 playoff series record.
    • They're the Treasury bonds of the high-roller restaurant world, the culinary equivalent of a safe bet.
    • Princeton, Hampton, Holy Cross, and Eastern Illinois are all safe bets to go down in the first round.
    • Startups should be making safe bets trying to manage the risk of their main product and stay afloat long enough to become profitable.
    • If I'm feeling particularly adventurous, I may even buy a few individual shares, but they will have to be very safe bets!
    1. 1.1 A thing in which confidence can be placed regarding a future outcome.
      有把握能做成的事
      it is a safe bet that the current owners will not sell
      Example sentencesExamples
      • New films by much-decorated veterans are usually safe bets.
      • A handful of first-year players, such as Cardinals offensive tackle Leonard Davis, are safe bets to earn starting jobs.
      • It's a safe bet you will find your perfect and ‘private’ beach for snorkeling or sunning.
      • It is a safe bet that the Kerry campaign would rather have not seen the story-line that a presidential candidate angers his hometown folks.
      • Barring an unforeseen calamity on the Korean peninsula, it's a safe bet they'll succeed.
      • But in general, the market-driven focus of the houses means that resources, both editorial and promotional, get diverted to the safe bets.
      • Jade plants, cactus, English ivy and asparagus ferns are pretty safe bets.
      • Thus, it is a safe bet that, after a couple of years, they will return to the seclusion of their community.
      • That means spending lots of development dollars on relatively safe bets, such as statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions.
      • It is a safe bet that New Labour views the countryside with as much bemused disdain as it did in 1997-except now, they cannot say it.
      • No matter which direction the Angels go next year, it is a safe bet that the infield will be much stronger than the one they are forced to put on the field this postseason.
      • While nobody knows how things will progress, it is a safe bet that the next four years will be far rosier than the last four.
      • However, it is a safe bet that these two teams will be heading for the Second Division in May.
      • If the light emitted from a galaxy looks red, it's a safe bet that most of its stars are long-lived - and at least some of them are billions of years old.
      • If you like Hong Kong action movies, it's a safe bet that you will enjoy it, but I can't imagine it becoming anyone's favorite film.
      • There's no guarantee you will succeed, although it's a safe bet that if you never try you won't make it either.
      • It is a safe bet that the decision in Mahjoub's case will make Canada an even more attractive destination for terrorists.
      • When the words science and policy are used in close proximity, it is a safe bet that the discussion is focusing on how science can or should inform policy.
      • It is a safe bet that most people who thought the war unjust would also oppose any legitimisation of the occupation.
      • There are surely thousands of genes whose expression levels can be sent up or down by changes in RXR, and it's a safe bet that we don't know what many of them are.

Definition of safe bet in US English:

safe bet

nounˌsāf ˈbet
  • 1A bet that is certain to succeed.

    准能赢的打赌

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In North America, the majors' choke-hold on the market and radio, and their fear of anything but safe bets means they are throttling themselves into irrelevance.
    • If I'm feeling particularly adventurous, I may even buy a few individual shares, but they will have to be very safe bets!
    • And that's a safe bet as Phil Jackson has nine rings as a coach and a 42-4 playoff series record.
    • As for stocks, he's sticking to relatively safe bets like Mexican cement maker Cemex, which operates globally, and San Miguel Corp., Philippine beverage company.
    • All three of those signings were risky, but the £6.5million spent on Yakabu looks like a very safe bet, even when you don't compare it to the previous mishaps.
    • Princeton, Hampton, Holy Cross, and Eastern Illinois are all safe bets to go down in the first round.
    • Lowry, Healy, Higgins, Gregory, Fox and Healy-Rae are all considered safe bets for re-election.
    • Startups should be making safe bets trying to manage the risk of their main product and stay afloat long enough to become profitable.
    • If you're wondering where that $1.3 trillion tax cut for the rich is going, perhaps the luxury travel business is a safe bet.
    • All in all, for domestic economic agents and market investors, the coming months should be very challenging, and there are no safe bets.
    • But it's a safe bet that Meyer et al. will dismiss these findings.
    • They're the Treasury bonds of the high-roller restaurant world, the culinary equivalent of a safe bet.
    • These companies are generally expensive to purchase but can be safe bets.
    • I think we can look at a couple of safe bets for the flops - that'll be Spain and Holland.
    1. 1.1 A thing in which confidence can be placed regarding a future outcome.
      有把握能做成的事
      it is a safe bet that the current owners will not sell
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the words science and policy are used in close proximity, it is a safe bet that the discussion is focusing on how science can or should inform policy.
      • If you like Hong Kong action movies, it's a safe bet that you will enjoy it, but I can't imagine it becoming anyone's favorite film.
      • It's a safe bet you will find your perfect and ‘private’ beach for snorkeling or sunning.
      • But in general, the market-driven focus of the houses means that resources, both editorial and promotional, get diverted to the safe bets.
      • That means spending lots of development dollars on relatively safe bets, such as statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions.
      • It is a safe bet that most people who thought the war unjust would also oppose any legitimisation of the occupation.
      • It is a safe bet that the decision in Mahjoub's case will make Canada an even more attractive destination for terrorists.
      • There are surely thousands of genes whose expression levels can be sent up or down by changes in RXR, and it's a safe bet that we don't know what many of them are.
      • However, it is a safe bet that these two teams will be heading for the Second Division in May.
      • It is a safe bet that New Labour views the countryside with as much bemused disdain as it did in 1997-except now, they cannot say it.
      • Barring an unforeseen calamity on the Korean peninsula, it's a safe bet they'll succeed.
      • A handful of first-year players, such as Cardinals offensive tackle Leonard Davis, are safe bets to earn starting jobs.
      • While nobody knows how things will progress, it is a safe bet that the next four years will be far rosier than the last four.
      • If the light emitted from a galaxy looks red, it's a safe bet that most of its stars are long-lived - and at least some of them are billions of years old.
      • Thus, it is a safe bet that, after a couple of years, they will return to the seclusion of their community.
      • There's no guarantee you will succeed, although it's a safe bet that if you never try you won't make it either.
      • It is a safe bet that the Kerry campaign would rather have not seen the story-line that a presidential candidate angers his hometown folks.
      • No matter which direction the Angels go next year, it is a safe bet that the infield will be much stronger than the one they are forced to put on the field this postseason.
      • New films by much-decorated veterans are usually safe bets.
      • Jade plants, cactus, English ivy and asparagus ferns are pretty safe bets.
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