lottery
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize. 彩票抽獎(jiǎng)
...the national lottery. …全國(guó)性的彩票抽獎(jiǎng)。
2. N-SING If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. 靠運(yùn)氣的事
The stockmarket is a lottery. 股市靠的是運(yùn)氣。
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lottery /?l?t?r?/ (lotteries)
劍橋詞典
- B1 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- Paul had a dream that he won the lottery.
- Did Chris tell you about his winning some money in the lottery?
- The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes .
- Winning the lottery has set them up for life .
- Statistically speaking , you're more likely to die from a bee sting than win the lottery. 返回 lottery
a game , often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money , in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number is chosen
抽彩，抽獎(jiǎng)
[ 單數(shù)名詞 ] disapproving
something that depends only on luck and is not fair
運(yùn)氣，碰運(yùn)氣的事
Education in England is something of a lottery. 在英格蘭接受教育有點(diǎn)兒像碰運(yùn)氣。
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