lottery
n
1 [C] way of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers selected at random (发行彩票)抽彩给奖(筹款法)
[attrib 作定语]
a `lottery ticket 彩票. Cf 参看 draw1 1, raffle.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) thing whose success, outcome, etc is determined by luck 碰运气的事
Some people think that marriage is a lottery. 有些人认为婚姻是缘分.
Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none?
夏洛克,如果你不宽恕别人,你自己怎能希望得到别人的宽恕呢?
When someone dies, all the relations, old and young, come to the marae for the Maori burial service.
当某人死亡后,所有亲戚,无论老幼,均要到集会地参加毛利人的葬礼。
The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.