lottery
US /ˈlɑtəri/
・UK /'lɒtərɪ/
B2 中高級英檢高級
n. (c.)可數名詞樂透；彩券；彩票
The chances of you making a fortune by buying a ticket and winning the lottery is tiny
n. (c.)可數名詞碰運氣的事
The lottery is a game of luck and chance
n. (c.)可數名詞抽獎
This school uses a lottery to select students for admission
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年薪三百萬根本不夠！為什麼「美國夢」越來越難達成了？ (Why A $100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream)
09:29
- The question is, are you able, given kind of the luck of the birth lottery, are you able to have opportunities that are the same as those of people who may have been born into families that are in better circumstances than your own?
問題是，考慮到出生時的運氣，你是否有機會獲得與那些出生在比你家庭條件更好的人相同的機會？
- The birth lottery shouldn't matter, right?
出生時的運氣不應該有影響，對吧？
跟著BBC學英文十分鐘內上十堂英文課！ (BOX SET: English In A Minute 10 – TEN English lessons in 10 minutes!)
08:55
- I just won the lottery - I'm loaded.
我剛剛中了樂透——我很有錢。
我們在英語中沒有的奇妙功能。 (Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language)
04:00
- The word "we" is confusing. Imagine going up to someone and saying, "Hey! We've just won the lottery!"
「我們」一詞容易產生混淆。想像你跟一個人說：「欸！我們剛中樂透耶！」
- Number 1: "we" refers to the speaker and the listener. We've just won the lottery! Brilliant!
第一：「我們」包含說話者和聽者。我們一起中了樂透，讚！
Chandler Bing & Joey Tribbiani 佼佼者 | Friends | Max (The Best Of Chandler Bing & Joey Tribbiani | Friends | Max)
11:09
- Well, before with the wishbone, I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
- 嗯，之前是用叉骨、我不希望我們中彩票。
- I didn't wish we would win the lottery.
我不希望我們中彩票。
五個應該死而不死的人--這就是天才。 (Five people who should be dead but aren't - This is Genius)
09:24
- Then in 2003 he won the lottery. With his first ever ticket. And in 2010, just gave it all the way.
之後在2003年他第一次贏了樂透，而在2010年，他捐出全部。
- Unless you got a lottery scratchcard in your pocket.
除非在你的口袋有張刮刮樂。
第十一位博士遇見第十位博士 - 《神祕博士》 - 《博士的一天》 - BBC. (Eleventh Doctor Meets The Tenth Doctor - Doctor Who - The Day of the Doctor - BBC)
03:58
- Regeneration, it's a lottery.
重生。那就像樂透一樣
有趣又實用的水果諺語！ (Fruit Idioms - BBC Learning English (The Teacher))
04:15
- That was my boss. He's won the lottery. Twenty million pounds!
那是我老闆，他中了樂透，足足有兩千萬鎊！