increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute（尤指沖突或爭議中）加大賭注，冒更大風險
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
PHRASE
（在爭議或爭奪中）提高要求，增加籌碼
If you up the ante or raise the ante, you increase your demands when you are in dispute or fighting for something.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
已付的金額；分擔額
His ex-wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.他的前妻在訴訟中要求提高贍養費。The publisher upped the ante for the biography by offering 1000 yuan.這家出版社提高了這部傳記的預約稿酬,愿比其競爭對手多付1000元。
vt. & vi.
付款(通常指不愿意的)
When his wife was awarded alimony by the court,Snow had to ante up.當他的太太被法庭判定獲有離婚贍養費時,斯諾不得不付這筆錢。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot