lottery

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UK [ˈlɒtəri]
  • 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
  • Web开奖；彩民；乐透
Plural Form：lotteries  

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lottery
n.
1.
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（用发行彩票为政府、慈善机构等集资的）抽彩给奖法a way of raising money for a government, charity, etc. by selling tickets that have different numbers on them that people have chosen. Numbers are then chosen by chance and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win prizes.
the national/state lottery
全国的╱州的彩票抽奖
a lottery ticket
彩票
2.
[sing]
碰运气的事a situation whose success or result is based on luck rather than on effort or careful organization
Some people think that marriage is a lottery.
有些人认为婚姻靠的是运气。

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1.
It seems to me that buying lottery tickets is a waste of money.
在我看来买彩票是浪费钱。
zài wǒ kàn lái mǎi cǎi piào shì làng fèi qián 。
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2.
The amount of money may be unusual for that lottery draw. $18 million is an odd amount of money and may be a rare event.
奖金额对于彩票来说不太寻常。1800万美金是一笔不寻常的奖金，可能是一件十分稀罕的事件。
jiǎng jīn é duì yú cǎi piào lái shuō bù tài xún cháng 。 yì qiān bā bǎi wàn měi jīn shì yī bǐ bù xún cháng de jiǎng jīn , kě néng shì yī jiàn shí fēn xī han de shì jiàn 。
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You won't believe how much money I won from the lottery.
你肯定不会相信我买彩票赢了多少钱。
nǐ kěn dìng bú huì xiāng xìn wǒ mǎi cǎi piào yíng le duō shao qián 。
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4.
He excitedly told me that he had just won the lottery, but I gave him a slap in the face when I told him that his ticket was expired.
他兴奋地告诉我中了六合彩，仔细看才发现原来彩票过期，我就像把一盆冷水泼向他。
tā xīng fèn de gào su wǒ zhòng le liù hé cǎi , zǐ xì kàn cái fā xiàn yuán lái cǎi piào guò qī , wǒ jiù xiàng bǎ yī pén lěng shuǐ pō xiàng tā 。
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But if you do not train, your victory may be like a one-time lottery win, which you cannot capitalize on over the long run.
但是如果你不训练，你的胜利可能就像赢得了一次乐透彩，而这种运气并不能供你长久利用。
dàn shì rú guǒ nǐ bù xùn liàn , nǐ de shèng lì kě néng jiù xiàng yíng dé le yī cì lè tòu cǎi , ér zhè zhǒng yùn qì bìng bù néng gōng nǐ cháng jiǔ lì yòng 。
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6.
Colin's immediate reaction, just as I'd hoped, was to look like a man who'd been told he'd won the Lottery.
科林的第一反应不出我所料，他看起来就好像是听说自己买彩票中了似的。
kē lín de dì yī fǎn yìng bù chū wǒ suǒ liào , tā kàn qǐ lái jiù hǎo xiàng shì tīng shuō zì jǐ mǎi cǎi piào zhòng le shì de 。
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7.
Once the numbers for your chosen lottery are drawn, Ozlotteries. Com will send you an email to let you know if you have won a prize.
一旦你所选的乐透开奖，Ozlotteries.com会发给你电子邮件通知你是否中奖。
yí dàn nǐ suǒ xuǎn de lè tòu kāi jiǎng , Ozlotteries.com huì fā gěi nǐ diàn zǐ yóu jiàn tōng zhī nǐ shì fǒu zhòng jiǎng 。
www.ozlotteries.com
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Officially the lottery games are different from gambling, but in practice there is often no obvious distinction.
按照官方的说法，彩票游戏与赌博不同，但事实上，它们之间往往没有明显的区别。
àn zhào guān fāng de shuō fǎ , cǎi piào yóu xì yǔ dǔ bó bù tóng , dàn shì shí shàng , tā men zhī jiān wǎng wǎng méi yǒu míng xiǎn de qū bié 。
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9.
Then it turned into a bit of a lottery as to who hit the rain at what part of the circuit and the decisions which were made after that.
然后它变成一个有点彩票是谁击中下雨哪一部分电路的决定后，发了言。
rán hòu tā biàn chéng yī gè yǒu diǎn cǎi piào shì shuí jī zhòng xià yǔ nǎ yí bù fen diàn lù de jué dìng hòu , fā le yán 。
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It was the end of a surprising, exhilarating run for the Suns, who went from lottery team to Western Conference finalist in a year.
太阳队充满惊喜而又令人振奋的旅程结束了，本赛季他们从一支乐透区队伍开始直到杀入西区决赛。
tài yáng duì chōng mǎn jīng xǐ ér yòu lìng rén zhèn fèn de lǚ chéng jié shù le , běn sài jì tā men cóng yī zhī lè tòu qū duì wu kāi shǐ zhí dào shā rù xī qū jué sài 。
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