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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Other states started lotteries about five years later.
  五年后其他州开始设立彩票。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。