柯林斯詞典lottery /?l?t?r?/ (lotteries) 1. N-COUNT A lottery is 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. 彩票抽獎 ...the national lottery. …全國性的彩票抽獎。2. N-SING If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. 靠運氣的事 The stockmarket is a lottery. 股市靠的是運氣。 返回 lottery劍橋詞典B1 [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] a game , often organized by the state or a charity in order to make money , in which tickets with numbers are sold to people who then have a chance of winning a prize if their number is chosen 抽彩，抽獎 [ 單數(shù)名詞 ] disapproving something that depends only on luck and is not fair 運氣，碰運氣的事 Education in England is something of a lottery. 在英格蘭接受教育有點兒像碰運氣。 例句 Paul had a dream that he won the lottery.Did Chris tell you about his winning some money in the lottery?The idea behind the national lottery is to raise money for good causes .Winning the lottery has set them up for life .Statistically speaking , you're more likely to die from a bee sting than win the lottery. 返回 lottery