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

• Lotteries are thus a regressive form of financing, and attacked by advocates for the poor.
  因此，彩票是一种退步的融资形式，受到了为穷人辩护的人士的抨击。
• 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。
• Next to bullfights and soccer, lotteries are Spain's biggest sport.
  除了斗牛和足球以外，彩票是西班牙最热门的玩意儿。
• Beijing is also grappling with a paradox that affects other countries with large lotteries.
  彩票业规模庞大的国家通常会遇到一个悖论，中国也不例外。
• Thanks to legislative carve-outs, the American political and moral stand on Internet gambling is not applied to horseracing, state lotteries or fantasy sports.
  感谢立法开辟的例外，美国的政治和道德立场上互联网进行赌博，是不是适用于赛马，国家奖券或时尚运动。
• Do you make frequent calls to sports phones or lotteries?
  你是否会经常电话投注体育彩票或乐透彩？
• Lotteries that were held in several states at the same time began in 1996.
  几个州同时举行发放彩票活动始于1996年。
• "Chairman, Government Lotteries Management Committee"
  政府奖券管理委员会主席
• 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。
• Rather than encouraging good behavior with small or one-time payments, some health and wellness plans have begun enrolling employees in lotteries for a chance to win a bigger reward.
  一些健康和身心平衡发展计划已经开始推出抽奖方案，员工有机会获得更大的奖励，而不是以小额或者一次性的奖励鼓励良好的行为。