| 单词 | a lottery |
| 释义 | lotteryDefinition Type of gambling in which winners are chosen by drawing of lots, from among those who have paid money to participate. Promotional schemes requiring a consideration (a purchase) to take part, and offering prizes only on the basis of random chance are considered a lottery and are generally illegal. In comparison, a sweepstake eliminates consideration and a contest eliminates chance. Use 'lottery' in a SentenceThere was a lottery to choose the winner in our state and Bob Jones was fortunate enough to win the big prize. Carol buys two lottery tickets each week and almost believes this is a good retirement plan even though her chances of winning are very low. The fat cats of industry award themselves pensions that look like lottery numbers - the sort of pensions their workforce can only dream about. |
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