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，***
  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***
• 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

• People created illegal lotteries.
  人们制造非法彩票。
• Furthermore, lotteries to some extent are similar to gambling, so people should not spend too much money and energy on them.
  另外，在某种程度上类似牌赌，所以人们对牌赌不应该花太多的精力以及款项。
• 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***互联网业务存在的同时，却对海外赌博网站下禁令。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet such lotteries proper lotteries, too are the foundation of much medical progress.
  然而这样的“彩票”也是严格意义上的彩票正是许多医学进步的基础。
• Aetna Foundation, the independent philanthropic arm of insurer Aetna Inc., also is sponsoring a study of whether daily lotteries motivate people to stick to warfarin.
  安泰保险（AetnaInc.）旗下独立慈善机构安泰基金会（AetnaFoundation）也在赞助一项研究&每天抽奖是否足以激励人们坚持服用华法林（warfarin）。
• Powerball is only one of many lotteries in the world.
  抛宝只是世界上众多彩票中的一种。
• Regulatory transparency is limited and local and central authorities tussle for influence over lotteries.
  监管方面的透明度有限，而且地方和中央政府还为争夺对彩票的影响力而争斗。
• Thirty-seven states and the District of Colombia operate lotteries in the United States.
  美国有37个州和哥伦比亚特区发行彩票。