n. (赌纸牌下的)赌注;已付的金额;分担额;预付款
vt.& vi. (尤指赌账)付账;付出;支付分担额;付款(通常指不愿意的)
Whenever they reached their goal, they upped the ante, setting increasingly complex challenges for themselves.
每当他们达到了目标,他们就加高要求,为他们自己设置越来越复杂的挑战。
The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante.
人们认为,美国没有维持现状。
The king liked the advice, and had the spinning-wheels placed in the ante-chamber.
国王喜欢这个建议,让人把几架纺车放在前厅里。
"Oh, just let some peas be strewn in the ante-chamber," answered the lion, "and then you will soon see."
“啊,让人在前厅里撒点豌豆吧,”狮子回答说,“不久你就会看出来的。”
Honestas Ante Honores.
诚先于荣。