raffles

1. N-COUNT 抽奖;抽彩
   A raffle is a competition in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. Afterwards some numbers are chosen, and if your ticket has one of these numbers on it, you win a prize.
   1. Any more raffle tickets? Twenty-five pence each or five for a pound.
      还有要买奖券的吗？每张25便士，1英镑5张。
2. VERB 抽奖赠送（货品）
   If someone raffles something, they give it as a prize in a raffle.
   1. During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize.
      每场表演期间，我们将以抽彩方法送出大奖。

1. We jumped down the stairs of the ancient Bell Tower, across the street from the Drum Tower; we crashed a wedding reception at the Raffles Hotel.
   我们从古代钟楼的楼梯上跳下来，从鼓楼出来横穿马路；还闯入了莱佛士大酒店（RafflesHotel）里的一场婚宴。
2. Its theatrical performances, and the appreciative crowds they draw, are likely a major reason the group hasn't been chased from its new home outside the Raffles City mall in central Beijing.
   戏剧化的表演及其吸引来的围观人群，可能是该艺术团没有被赶出位于北京中央城区的来福士广场这个新大本营的一个重要原因。
3. Ren Shanshan, an employee of Citic's Raffles City branch, confirmed the branch has sponsored the group as a way to 'support the community,' but she declined to offer further details.
   中信银行来福士支行的雇员任珊珊（音）证实，该行的确赞助了这个艺术团以支持社区，但是未予透露进一步的细节信息。
4. In its first-half results for 2009, Yantai Raffles reported a net asset value of$ 1.48.
   烟台来福士在2009年上半年业绩报告中披露，公司的资产净值为14.8亿美元。
5. Strategically located, Central Square Office enjoys close proximity to important business venues such as Suntec City Convection Centre, Raffles Place and Shenton Way.
   优越的地理位置，中环广场办公楼享有接近珊顿道和重要的商业场所，如新达城对流中心，莱佛士坊。
6. The intention here is not to write off the contributions of Stamford Raffles and the British in developing the island, but to make the point that this account of our history is incomplete.
   我们无意抹煞莱佛士与英国人对新加坡的开发所做的贡献，但我们要说，那不是我们历史的全部。
7. Stamford Raffles is believed to have considered Karimun island instead of Singapore island when looking for a settlement.
   据说史丹福莱佛士爵士曾选定此岛屿为最佳转运港口而不是新加坡。
8. Somehow, perhaps due to the drinks, or the postcolonial atmosphere of the Raffles, we felt intimate with each other.
   或许在某种程度上是因为喝了酒，或者因为R旅馆的氛围，我们感到我们已经成为亲密朋友。
9. Numbered tickets are useful for Raffles and other special events.
   对于抽彩票和其它特殊的活动来说，编号标签是非常有用的。
10. What was the name given to it by Stamford raffles?
    之前，史丹福？莱佛士把它叫作什么？
11. In April CIMC Raffles bought Sanlian Longkou, another shipyard in Shandong Province.
    今年4月，中集莱佛士收购了山东省另一家造船厂三联龙口。
12. Books published by the British all tell of how Stamford Raffles "took Singapore by strategy", but probe further and we will find that there is another account of what happened.
    英国人的书讲的都是莱佛士如何“智取”新加坡，但是，如果深入了解，我们就会发现故事其实有另一个版本。
13. Dear parents and students, most of these visits are made possible because our fellow students'parents have graciously opened their companies or facilities to enrich your learning with Raffles Design.
    亲爱的家长与学生，为了丰富我校学生的学习和大学生活，很多家长大门敞开为学校和学生提供了诸如此类的很多社会实践、公司现场观摩的机会。
14. The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Centre ( OCBC) and Raffles City in Singapore;
    海外华人银行业务中心股份有限公司（OCB）及新加坡的莱弗斯城；
15. Analysis of Raffles View on Agriculture in Java The answer is very simple. To them, the history of Singapore began in 1819-when Stamford Raffles landed here.
    试析莱佛士的爪哇农业观&以《爪哇史》为中心原来他们是从莱佛士1819年登陆新加坡那时候算起。
16. Prior to him joining InterContinental Qingdao, Arno had worked with Raffles International as the general manager of Swiss ô tel Beijing and that of Huaxia Swiss ô tel Management Ltd.
    在加入青岛海尔洲际之前，他曾担任过莱佛士国际酒店管理集团旗下的北京瑞士酒店总经理并同时任职于中国华夏瑞士酒店管理公司；
17. Today I went to Raffles hospital to confirmed on my pregnancy.
    今天，我去了医院做体检，好确定我是否有宝宝！
18. To draw Raffles for us.
    毛书记来为我们抽奖。
19. Tudsbury rushed to the Raffles and dictated this hot story to pamela.
    塔茨伯利冲到拉福尔旅馆，对帕米拉口述了这个最新消息。
20. Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?
    接线员，你能把我联络到新加坡吗。
21. With the opening of Raffles Beijing Hotel, the legendary Raffles hospitality has now arrived in China.
    随着北京饭店莱佛士的盛大开业，富有传奇色彩的莱佛士的殷勤待客之道现已盛情扎根中国。
22. After the investigation of CIMC to the ocean engineering industry that the CIMC decided to purchase the Yantai Raffles.
    中集集团在经过行业调研之后决定收购烟台来福士。

noun

1. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)

   Synonym:    Sir Thomas RafflesSir Thomas Stamford Raffles