lotteries

英 [ˈlɒtəriz]

美 [ˈlɑtəriz]

n.  (用发行彩票为政府、慈善机构等集资的)抽彩给奖法; 碰运气的事
lottery的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （通过发行彩票方式的）抽彩给奖法，博彩
  Alotteryis 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.
  1. ...the national lottery.
     国家博彩
• N-SING 听天由命的事；全凭运气的事
  If you describe something asa lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
  1. The stockmarket is a lottery...
     股市买卖全看运气。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Stocks, taxes, loans, inheritances, lotteries, and investments could also work out quite nicely.
  股票，税收，贷款，继承，彩票，以及投资也能够很好地进行。
• Under the rules, announced on Monday and effective immediately, only 100,000 licence plates will be issued annually in Shenzhen via auctions and lotteries.
  根据周一宣布并立即生效的规定，深圳将通过摇号和竞价的方式，每年只分配10万个车牌。
• Furthermore, lotteries to some extent are similar to gambling, so people should not spend too much money and energy on them.
  另外，在某种程度上类似牌赌，所以人们对牌赌不应该花太多的精力以及款项。
• In the quest to raise saving rates, this allure of lotteries may be quite helpful.
  要想提高储蓄率，彩票的这种吸引力可能会非常有帮助。
• Powerball is only one of many lotteries in the world.
  抛宝只是世界上众多彩票中的一种。
• Spain, italy, and a number of other countries hold public lotteries;
  西班牙、意大利和其他一些国家开始发行公共彩票。
• Yet such lotteries proper lotteries, too are the foundation of much medical progress.
  然而这样的“彩票”也是严格意义上的彩票正是许多医学进步的基础。
• Other states started lotteries about five years later.
  五年后其他州开始设立彩票。
• People created illegal lotteries.
  人们制造非法彩票。
• Regulatory transparency is limited and local and central authorities tussle for influence over lotteries.
  监管方面的透明度有限，而且地方和中央政府还为争夺对彩票的影响力而争斗。