figurative. A situation or enterprise regarded as governed by chance; spec. one regarded as having little chance of success.
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释义 | the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > haphazardness or randomness > a matter of mere chance (4) lottery1585 figurative. A situation or enterprise regarded as governed by chance; spec. one regarded as having little chance of success. haphazard1594 A matter of pure chance. Chiefly in to be a haphazard. Obsolete. lucky bag1788 A bag containing a miscellaneous assortment of small prizes, from which players of a game at a fair, fête, etc., pay a small sum to pull a prize at… Russian roulette1937 an act of bravado in which a person loads (usually) one chamber of a revolver, spins the cylinder, holds the barrel to his head, and pulls the… |
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