win the lottery
表示“中彩票”时通常用定冠词 the，因为指的是某个具体的抽奖活动。
She won the lottery and decided to buy a house.
她中了彩票，决定买一栋房子。
彩票；抽奖
lotteries — plural of lottery
碰运气的事；通过抽签或偶然性分配奖品的方案,尤指一种博彩方案,其中一张或多张带有特定号码的彩票抽中奖品,其余为空白票。；碰运气的事情；由偶然性决定的事情。；参与者购买或获得机会,通过抽签分配奖品
A game or scheme in which people buy chances and prizes are given by drawing lots at random.
通过抽签或偶然性分配奖品的方案,尤指一种博彩方案,其中一张或多张带有特定号码的彩票抽中奖品,其余为空白票。
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
碰运气的事情
something that is regarded as a chance event
由偶然性决定的事情。
Something decided by chance.
参与者购买或获得机会,通过抽签分配奖品
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
She buys a lottery ticket every week, hoping to win the jackpot.
她每周买一张彩票，希望能中头奖。
用法提示：这里'lottery'作为名词，指一种博彩游戏，购买彩票有机会赢得奖金。
AI contextual example
Getting a scholarship to that university is a lottery because so many talented students apply.
获得那所大学的奖学金就像抽奖一样，因为有太多优秀的学生申请。
用法提示：这里'lottery'作为名词，比喻一种靠运气的事情，结果不确定。
AI contextual example
Lotteries are often criticized for targeting low-income individuals.
彩票经常被批评为针对低收入人群。
用法提示：这里'lotteries'是'lottery'的复数形式，作为名词指多种彩票游戏。
AI contextual example
表示“中彩票”时通常用定冠词 the，因为指的是某个具体的抽奖活动。
She won the lottery and decided to buy a house.
她中了彩票，决定买一栋房子。
be a lottery 是习语，指某事完全由机会决定，而不是指真正的彩票。
The result of the exam is a lottery; you can't predict it.
考试的结果全凭运气，完全无法预测。
by lottery 表示“通过抽签方式”，强调随机性，常用于被动语态。
They chose the winner by lottery.
他们通过抽签选出了获胜者。
raffle 多指为筹款而办的抽彩，规模较小；lottery 更正式，可指国家彩票等大型抽奖。
draw 作名词多指抽奖的具体环节或抽签结果，不指整套彩票销售制度。
sweepstake 常以复数形式出现，多用于赛马或体育赛事，所涉赌金归赢家。
lotto 是 lottery 的近义词，常指用号码球摇出的抽奖游戏，在英美等国十分常见。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a lottery yesterday.
正确表达I bought a lottery ticket yesterday.
lottery 指抽奖活动本身，不指具体的彩票；表示“买一张彩票”要说 buy a lottery ticket。
grammar · medium
易错句子She won in the lottery.
正确表达She won the lottery.
win 后面直接接 lottery 作宾语，不用介词 in；固定搭配是 win the lottery。
grammar · medium
易错句子He likes lottery.
正确表达He likes the lottery.
lottery 用作可数名词，表示具体的抽奖活动时通常需要冠词；表达“喜欢买彩票/抽奖”要说 the lottery。
适用于“抽签/碰运气决定结果”的名词义项；lottery 强调结果由偶然机会决定，certainty 则指确定无疑、非偶然发生的事物。
lottery 通常指政府或博彩机构发行、需付款购票且奖金多为现金的彩票；raffle 多指为慈善或筹款举办的抽彩，奖品是实物，购票重在支持活动。
draw 作名词时侧重抽签、抽奖这个动作或具体活动，也可指体育比赛的抽签分组；lottery 则指整套售彩、开奖、兑奖的博彩制度或碰运气的事。
sweepstakes 常指商家为促销举办的抽奖或竞赛，参加者往往可以免费参与，奖品由主办方提供；lottery 一般要花钱买彩票，由博彩机构运营，奖金常为现金。
中彩票
She couldn't believe she had won the lottery.
她不敢相信自己中了彩票。
彩票
He bought a lottery ticket on his way home.
他在回家的路上买了一张彩票。
彩票开奖
The lottery draw takes place every Saturday.
彩票开奖在每周六举行。
国家彩票
The national lottery raises money for public projects.
国家彩票为公共项目筹集资金。
彩票中奖者
The lottery winner decided to remain anonymous.
彩票中奖者决定保持匿名。
买彩票
They play the lottery every week despite the odds.
尽管中奖概率很低，他们每周还是买彩票。
参与彩票需要购买或持有票券，票券上的号码决定是否中奖。
彩票以抽签方式分配奖品或奖金，是参与者期望获得的结果。
彩票通过抽签或随机开奖的方式决定中奖者。
指彩票中最高额的奖项，通常是参与者最关注的目标。
描述中奖机会的大小，与彩票的随机性密切相关。
人生就像买彩票，全凭运气
Many people feel that life is a lottery, so they just take risks and see what happens.
很多人觉得人生就像买彩票，全凭运气，所以他们愿意冒险一试。
全靠运气；碰运气
Getting tickets for the final is a lottery — you just have to keep refreshing the page and hope.
买到决赛门票完全是碰运气——你只能不断刷新页面，指望运气。
意外发财；走大运
With that lucky break, she might as well have won the lottery.
遇上那次幸运的机会，她简直是走了大运。
六月抽签，玉米不久就丰收。
In Shirley Jackson's famous short story 'The Lottery', Old Man Warner repeats this old saying.
在雪莉·杰克逊的著名短篇小说《摸彩》中，老沃纳反复说起这句老话。
彩票是对不擅长数学的人征的税。
Many people jokingly say the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
许多人开玩笑说，彩票是对不擅长数学的人征收的一种税。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.