lottery

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(jiǎng)

...the national lottery. …全國(guó)性的彩票抽獎(jiǎng)。

2. N-SING If you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. 靠運(yùn)氣的事

The stockmarket is a lottery. 股市靠的是運(yùn)氣。