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

• In the quest to raise saving rates, this allure of lotteries may be quite helpful.
  要想提高储蓄率，彩票的这种吸引力可能会非常有帮助。
• Lotteries suffered a decline in the 19th century.
  19世纪，彩票业经历了一次衰落。
• 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。
• "Chairman, Government Lotteries Management Committee"
  政府奖券管理委员会主席
• 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。
• 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。
• Stocks, taxes, loans, inheritances, lotteries, and investments could also work out quite nicely.
  股票，税收，贷款，继承，彩票，以及投资也能够很好地进行。
• Some countries have national lotteries.
  一些国家有国家彩票。
• 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。