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，***
  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***
• 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

• China has two state-run lotteries: the welfare lottery and its sports equivalent.
  中国有两支国营彩票：福利彩票和体育彩票。
• Powerball is only one of many lotteries in the world.
  抛宝只是世界上众多彩票中的一种。
• We just need a way to create the various lotteries.
  只是需要一种创建各种彩票的方法。
• The following reasons can account for the popularity of lotteries.
  以下理由可以解释这个流行的彩票。
• "Chairman, Government Lotteries Management Committee"
  政府奖券管理委员会主席
• 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。
• Mr. Cahill introduced the@ Opera House@ lotteries.
  卡希尔先生采取了发放歌剧院彩票的办法。
• Aetna Foundation, the independent philanthropic arm of insurer Aetna Inc., also is sponsoring a study of whether daily lotteries motivate people to stick to warfarin.
  安泰保险（AetnaInc.）旗下独立慈善机构安泰基金会（AetnaFoundation）也在赞助一项研究&每天抽奖是否足以激励人们坚持服用华法林（warfarin）。
• I have read many of the questions on this site on lotteries and every one I have seen here is a scam.
  我读了很多有关的问题，关于这个站点对彩票和每一个我曾在这里看到的是一个骗局。
• 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。