英语词汇“numbers game”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

numbers game

noun

1often derogatory The use or manipulation of statistics or figures, especially in support of an argument: MPs were today playing the numbers game as the vote drew closer...

People were playing numbers games by building flats but we are all about quality and good design.
Jim McBride, chef de mission of the Irish team, tries to ensure the athletes know it is a numbers game without that message figuring too much in their preparations.
You can play the numbers game - that vague statistic which says one in 10 people are gay or lesbian.

2 (also numbers pool or numbers racket) North American A lottery based on the occurrence of unpredictable numbers in the results of races, a lottery, etc.We can deal more effectively with drug dealers and organized crime figures that run lotteries and numbers rackets and things like that than with terrorists....

When it was totally illegal, the Mafia ran prostitution and the numbers rackets right through Chicago and right through New York.
It is not a crime to buy a lottery ticket, even in an illegal numbers games.

单词	numbers game
释义	numbers game noun 1often derogatory The use or manipulation of statistics or figures, especially in support of an argument: MPs were today playing the numbers game as the vote drew closer... People were playing numbers games by building flats but we are all about quality and good design. Jim McBride, chef de mission of the Irish team, tries to ensure the athletes know it is a numbers game without that message figuring too much in their preparations. You can play the numbers game - that vague statistic which says one in 10 people are gay or lesbian. 2 (also numbers pool or numbers racket) North American A lottery based on the occurrence of unpredictable numbers in the results of races, a lottery, etc.We can deal more effectively with drug dealers and organized crime figures that run lotteries and numbers rackets and things like that than with terrorists.... When it was totally illegal, the Mafia ran prostitution and the numbers rackets right through Chicago and right through New York. It is not a crime to buy a lottery ticket, even in an illegal numbers games.
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