lottery

noun

1. （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.
   1. the national/state lottery
      全国的 / 州的彩票抽奖
   2. a lottery ticket
      彩票
2. 碰运气的事
   a situation whose success or result is based on luck rather than on effort or careful organization
   1. Some people think that marriage is a lottery.
      有些人认为婚姻靠的是运气。

1. N-COUNT （通过发行彩票方式的）抽彩给奖法，博彩
   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.
   1. ...the national lottery.
      国家博彩
2. N-SING 听天由命的事；全凭运气的事
   If you describe something as a 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。

1. The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government
   彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。
2. The stockmarket is a lottery
   股市买卖全看运气。
3. 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。
4. She bought a lottery ticket and won more than$ 33 million.
   她买了张彩票，中了3,300多万美元。
5. It is said he's won the top prize in the lottery.
   传闻他中了大奖。
6. People stood in a long queue to buy lottery tickets.
   人们排起了长龙买彩票。
7. She won a fortune in a lottery.
   她在抽奖中赢得了一大笔钱。
8. He won a TV in the lottery.
   他抽奖得了一台电视。
9. He won a car in the lottery.
   他中彩得了辆汽车。
10. Finding a house in Beijing is a lottery even at the best of times.
    即使在情况最好的时候，在北京找房子也是一件毫无把握的事。
11. This is a lottery.
    这就像彩券抽奖一样。
12. While in flames, he grabbed a roll of lottery tickets and fled.
    火烧火燎中他抓了了一卷彩票逃之夭夭。
13. I have won the big prize in the sport lottery.
    我中了体育彩票大奖。
14. Xu: I know, you bought the disaster lottery, and why did you change your mind?
    徐：我知道，你买了灾难彩票，你为什么变卦了？
15. I'm not wasting any more of my money on lottery tickets.
    我不会再在彩票上浪费钱了。
16. I was beside myself with joy when I won the lottery ticket!
    当我赢得了彩票我兴奋的不得了。
17. You won a lottery? Don't beat around the bush, just tell me, please.
    你彩票中奖了？别拐弯抹角了，请告诉我。
18. You plan on winning the lottery?
    你打算中乐透吗？
19. You won the lottery? You're kidding me.
    你中了彩券？你一定在骗我的。
20. She had the prize-winning lottery ticket.
    她抽到了得奖的彩票。
21. We freaked out when we won the lottery.
    中了奖券，我们兴奋极了。
22. He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery game.
    他赢得了大的立方体，一个州彩票游戏。
23. Jack: Do you know I won the lottery?
    杰克：我中奖了，你知道吗？
24. She would buy a large house if she won the lottery.
    假若她中了乐透，她将会买个大房子。
25. The issuance of the welfare lottery ticket directly pushed the development of the our country welfare worked.
    福利彩票的发行直接推动了我国福利事业的发展。
26. I'm so lucky that I won the lottery.
    我真是太幸运了，我中了彩票。
27. Don't pull my leg. I know you did not really win the lottery.
    别开我的玩笑了。我知道你没真的中彩券。
28. Fred: don't tell me you've won the lottery this week.
    弗雷德：别告诉我你中了这星期的乐透。

noun

1. players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

   Synonym:    drawing

2. something that is regarded as a chance event
   1. the election was just a lottery to them