1N-COUNT (通过发行彩票方式的)抽彩给奖法,博彩 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. (通过发行彩票方式的)抽彩给奖法,博彩
...the national lottery.
国家博彩
SYN raffle, draw, lotto [British, New Zealand, South Africa], sweepstake
2N-SING 听天由命的事;全凭运气的事 If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. 听天由命的事;全凭运气的事
The stockmarket is a lottery.
股市买卖全看运气。
Which judges are assigned to a case is always a bit of a lottery.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOTTERY | LOTTERY + VERB | LOTTERY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤national, state全國的/州的彩票抽獎VERB + LOTTERY➤have, hold進行彩票抽獎◇We're having a lottery to raise money for homeless families.我們要舉行彩票抽獎為無家可歸的人籌款。➤run經營彩票抽獎◇the company that ran the state lottery經營州彩票抽獎的公司➤play玩彩票抽獎▸➤hit, win抽中彩票;彩票中獎LOTTERY + VERB➤fund sth, raise sth彩票抽獎資助⋯/籌集⋯◇These programs use state lotteries to fund the student awards.這些項目利用州彩票抽獎來為學生獎項提供資金。◇The lottery has raised millions of pounds.這批彩票已經籌集了數百萬英鎊。LOTTERY + NOUN➤ticket獎券▸➤winner彩票中獎者▸➤jackpot, prize彩票頭獎;彩票獎金◇a $3 million lottery jackpot300 萬美元的彩票頭獎➤win彩票中獎▸➤funds彩票資金➤machine彩票搖獎機◇The second ball rolled from the lottery machine.第二個球從搖獎機裏滾了出來。PREPOSITION➤in a/the lottery在抽彩活動中◇I won my car in a lottery.這輛車是我買彩票中獎得到的。➤on the lottery因彩票◇A couple scooped £10 million on the national lottery.一對夫婦購買國家發行的彩票中了 1,000 萬英鎊。