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But critics call GNEP a costly gamble on unproven science that will harm the cause of nuclear energy and do little to combat proliferation.

但批评者认为，GNEP计划是一场未经科学证明的代价高昂的豪赌，它将损害核能事业，而对打击核扩散效果甚微。

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In the 1990s, many pension funds made far too big a bet on equities, a gamble that went disastrously wrong in the 2000-02 bear market.

在上个世纪90年代，很多的养老金基金在股票上下的赌注太大，简直就是一场豪赌，在2000 - 02年的熊市中他们则损失惨重。

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Proctor and Gamble signed on as a U.S.Olympic Team sponsor last September, but it was only last month that the U.S.-based company announced it would sponsor a P&G Family Home at the Vancouver Olympics for TEAM USA.

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None will be based on a bigger gamble.

BBC: Cameron's referendum gamble

More likely, his firm devolved into a Ponzi scheme only when serious losses hit and he decided not to level with investors but to gamble on a resurrection.

WSJ: Put Madoff In Charge of Social Security

It is true that any policy based on ignorance, as a policy on global warming must still be, entails a gamble.

ECONOMIST: If you want a cool planet, keep a cool head