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Lottery People Numbers Tickets Win ˈlɒtəri Noun Money

The word "lottery" can refer to a game of chance where people buy numbered tickets to win prizes, or to a situation where outcomes are determined by luck rather than certainty.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
  • ...the national lottery.

    国家博彩

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[N-SING 单数名词]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.
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  • 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.

    一个案子安排哪些法官来审理,往往有点看运气。


Oxford lot·tery / ˈlɒtəri ; NAmE ˈlɑːtəri / noun ( plural lot·teries ) 1 [countable ] a way of raising money for a government, charity, etc. by selling tickets that have different numbers on them that people have chosen. Numbers are then chosen by chance and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win prizes. (用发行彩票为政府、慈善机构等集资的)抽彩给奖法 the national/state lottery 全国的╱州的彩票抽奖 a lottery ticket 彩票 compare
draw
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raffle
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2 [singular ] ( often disapproving) a situation whose success or result is based on luck rather than on effort or careful organization 碰运气的事 SYN
gamble
Some people think that marriage is a lottery. 有些人认为婚姻靠的是运气。 see also
postcode lottery
lottery lotteries
lot·tery / ˈlɒtəri ; NAmE ˈlɑːtəri /
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lotterylot‧te‧ry /ˈlɒtəri $ ˈlɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural lotteries)
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1[countable] a game used to make money for a state or a charity in which people buy tickets with a series of numbers on them. If their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prizeraffle, draw:  a lottery ticket Do you really think winning the lottery would make you happy?national/state lottery2[countable, uncountable] American English a system of deciding who will get something by choosing people’s names by chanceby lottery The State Department issues 55,000 visas each year by lottery.3 a lottery a situation in which what happens depends on chance and is not certain to be successful:  That’s the trouble with capitalism. It’s a lottery.
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n.彩票;碰运气的事,难算计的事;抽彩给奖法

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