| 单词 | lottery |
| 释义 | lottery (once / 1537 pages) n A lottery is a contest where players buy tickets and have a random (and low) chance of winning. Finding true love and getting hit by lightning are often said to be as likely as winning the lottery. A lottery can be a state-run contest promising big bucks to the lucky winners, or a lottery can also be any contest where the winners are selected at random. For example, some schools choose students by using a lottery system. Regardless of the type of lottery, a lottery works where there is great demand for something and only a limited number of winners. WORD FAMILYlottery: lotteries USAGE EXAMPLESMGM is expected to submit its compliance information to regulators by Jan. 26, the next meeting of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) And unless there’s some seismic improvement, Miami’s NBA draft lottery odds might look pretty good as well. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Luck is loud and clear when a person wins millions in a lottery. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots Syn|Hypo|Hyper drawing tombola a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum lucky dipa game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random numbers, numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racketan illegal daily lottery rafflea lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money sweepstakesa lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants gambling game, game of chance a game that involves gambling 2n something that is regarded as a chance event the election was just a lottery to them Hyper accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause |
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