| 单词 | lottery |
| 释义 | lottery (lɒtəri ) Word forms: lotteries 1. countable noun B1 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. Synonyms: raffle, draw, lotto [British, New Zealand, South Africa], sweepstake 2. singular noun If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. The stockmarket is a lottery. Which judges are assigned to a case is always a bit of a lottery. Synonyms: gamble, chance, risk, venture Collocations: enter a lottery You may have to be fantastically hardworking and absurdly gifted to enter this lottery, but it's a game of chance all the same. Christianity Today Prospective purchasers had to enter a lottery to be able to buy one of these cars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students who are not affiliated with a particular organization can also raise money to enter a lottery to dance as individual couple. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You'll hit the sightseeing jackpot even without entering the lottery. Times, Sunday Times Of the 1.6 million people who entered the lottery for tickets, fewer than 9,000 were told via e-mail that their names had been picked at random by a computer. Times, Sunday Times Or, a study suggests, you could simply get a lucky draw in the great genetic lottery of life. Times, Sunday Times Like genetic lottery winners, but in miniature. Times, Sunday Times When you get to that level, it's about nature and the random genetic lottery that would imbue certain players with certain skills. Times, Sunday Times Maybe the genetic lottery doesn't have a prize after all. The Sun They've won the genetic lottery, so we think their lot must be perfect. The Sun Is it a good use of lottery funds? Times, Sunday Times But it's not just the lottery funds that are doing good. Times, Sunday Times In this era of austerity, lottery funds play an increasingly vital role in the conservation of nature, landscapes and historic places. Times, Sunday Times There will be an end to lottery funds handing out money to projects which would normally be backed by central or local governments. Times, Sunday Times Lottery funds should cover the first 21 million. Times, Sunday Times Each ballot paper, for instance, could double as a lottery ticket. Times, Sunday Times The moon adds luck to a lottery ticket bought as a fun extra gift. The Sun The moon tracks through the luckiest part of your chart so keep your lottery ticket safe. The Sun They confirmed that their third lottery ticket would be their last. Times, Sunday Times We've bought our lottery ticket to win something big. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 六合彩 Japanese: 宝くじ |
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