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Eileen_0727 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Stake& shape up as
Hello,
I've come across a question in the following sentence.
Because of the hign economic stakes and greater public awareness, the 1997-98 El Nino is shaping up as something more significant than another mighty misfire of the weather machine.
What's the meaning of the word stake, does it mean money? And what's the meaning of the phrase shape up as? Does it mean develop?
Hope you can help me, thanks!
I've come across a question in the following sentence.
Because of the hign economic stakes and greater public awareness, the 1997-98 El Nino is shaping up as something more significant than another mighty misfire of the weather machine.
What's the meaning of the word stake, does it mean money? And what's the meaning of the phrase shape up as? Does it mean develop?
Hope you can help me, thanks!
Top answer
Stakes = here, not money, but the risk to the success of the economy as a whole. Shape up = develop, begin to appear
- Stakes = here, not money, but the risk to the success of the economy as a whole.
- Shape up = develop, begin to appear
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Stakes = here, not money, but the risk to the success of the economy as a whole.
Shape up = develop, begin to appear
Shape up = develop, begin to appear
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