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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
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彩票；抽奖
A game or scheme in which people buy chances and prizes are given by drawing lots at random.
She won the lottery and decided to buy a house.
她中了彩票，决定买一栋房子。
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。
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。
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。
AI contextual example
the election was just a lottery to them
对他们来说,这场选举纯属碰运气。
WordNet
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。
Not this
I bought a lottery yesterday.
Use this
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。
Not this
She won in the lottery.
Use this
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。
Not this
He likes lottery.
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
Use lottery naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：lottery 开头像“lot”（许多）——许多张彩票里抽一张，全靠运气，即“碰运气的事”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：购买彩票、抽奖活动、比喻成败靠运气的事 作名词时通常用于中性语境，既可指国家或机构发行的抽奖游戏，也可比喻靠运气决定的事；口语和书面语中都较常见。
注意：lottery通常与定冠词the连用，如'the lottery'。
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