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marshial

35.After the Boston tea Party in 1773,coffeehouse in the North American colonies became centers for gossip,gamble,and political criticism.

曾记得有两个版本的答案，一个是A，一个是C，请朋友们指正！

linlin315

c  gamble-->gambling

marshial

但是gamble本身也有名词属性的呀，如：

gamble [singular]
an action or plan that involves a risk but that you hope will succeed
It was a big gamble for her to leave the band and go solo.
gamble on
The gamble on the harvest had paid off (=succeeded) .
Ellen had to admit the gamble had paid off (=succeeded) . In a depressed market, we cannot afford to take a gamble on a new product.

真老九

我倾向于C，gamble本身有名词的用法，但是可数名词，所以应改为gambles

真老九

我觉得gambling用作表示赌博业，这里跟前后两个名词并列起来，用gambles更合适

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Taurus

以下是引用真老九在2004-7-6 5:52:00的发言：

我觉得gambling用作表示赌博业，这里跟前后两个名词并列起来，用gambles更合适

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我认为这两种改法都可以, 没什么区别.

gambling, 名词, 赌博.

ling211

when gamble is n, it means "冒险”when gamble is v, it means "赌博，投注，孤注一掷。

therefore, we should use "gambling"