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

• 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。
• No one can deny that people love lotteries.
  没有人能否认，人们喜欢彩票。
• 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。
• Lotteries suffered a decline in the 19th century.
  19世纪，彩票业经历了一次衰落。
• 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。
• Regulatory transparency is limited and local and central authorities tussle for influence over lotteries.
  监管方面的透明度有限，而且地方和中央政府还为争夺对彩票的影响力而争斗。
• Some countries have national lotteries.
  一些国家有国家彩票。
• Other states started lotteries about five years later.
  五年后其他州开始设立彩票。
• The WTO has provisionally ruled the US law inconsistent because it allows domestic internet operations for horse racing and lotteries while banning overseas gambling sites.
  世贸组织暂时裁定，美国法律缺乏一致性，因为它在允许本国赛马和博彩互联网业务存在的同时，却对海外赌博网站下禁令。
• Furthermore, lotteries to some extent are similar to gambling, so people should not spend too much money and energy on them.
  另外，在某种程度上类似牌赌，所以人们对牌赌不应该花太多的精力以及款项。