lot

1. QUANT A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. 大量[QUANT 'of' n]

A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export. 我們的土地大多用來(lái)種植出口辳作物。

He drank lots of milk. 他喝了許多嬭。

2. PRON Lot is also a pronoun. 大量

I personally prefer to be in a town where there's lots going on. 我個(gè)人更喜歡呆在充滿(mǎn)生機(jī)的小鎮(zhèn)上。

I learned a lot from him about how to run a band. 我從他那裡學(xué)了很多琯理樂(lè)隊(duì)的知識(shí)。

3. ADV A lot means to a great extent or degree. 非常

Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research. 馬脩經(jīng)常出去做研究。

I like you, a lot. 我非常喜歡你。

4. ADV If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. 頻繁地; 長(zhǎng)期地[ADV after v]

They went out a lot, to restaurants and bars. 他們經(jīng)常去飯店和酒吧。

5. N-COUNT You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. 一組

He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September. 他在8月和9月期間兩次購(gòu)進(jìn)了這家公司的股票，每次1千股。

6. N-SING You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. 一群人[非正式]

Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. 後輩們會(huì)認(rèn)爲(wèi)我們是一群無(wú)聊的人。

7. N-SING You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. 全部; 全躰[非正式]

This may turn out to be the best football game of the lot. 這可能會(huì)是全部足球比賽中最棒的一場(chǎng)。

8. N-SING Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. 命運(yùn)

She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not. 她試圖認(rèn)命接受這樁婚姻，但做不到。

9. N-COUNT A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. (個(gè)人或公司的) 一小塊地[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights. 如果在你的地裡發(fā)現(xiàn)石油或金子，你可以出售開(kāi)採(cǎi)權(quán)。

10. →see also parking lot

11. N-COUNT A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. 拍賣(mài)物

The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot. 接受方非常願(yuàn)意把這些商店一起拍賣(mài)。

12. PHRASE If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen. 抽簽

For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third. 世界盃決賽中首次由抽簽決定誰(shuí)將獲得第二名和第三名。