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draw lots

/lot/US // lɒt //UK // (lɒt) //

抽签,抽签决定,抽奖,抓阄

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
    • : the casting or drawing of such objects as a method of deciding something: to choose a person by lot.
    • : the decision or choice made by such a method.
    • : allotted share or portion: to receive one's lot of an inheritance.
    • : the portion in life assigned by fate or Providence; one's fate, fortune, or destiny: Her lot had not been a happy one.
    • : a distinct portion or piece of land: a building lot.
    • : a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community.
    • : South Midland and Southern U.S. a farmyard or barnyard.
    • : a piece of land having the use specified by the attributive noun or adjective: a parking lot; a used-car lot.
    • : Movies. a motion-picture studio and its surrounding property.
    • : a distinct portion or parcel of anything, as of merchandise:The furniture was to be auctioned off in 20 lots.
    • : a number of things or persons collectively: There's one more, and that's the lot.
    • : kind of person; sort: He's a bad lot.
    • : Often lots. a great many or a great deal: a lot of books; lots of money.
    • : Chiefly British. a tax or duty.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lot·ted, lot·ting.

    • : to divide or distribute by lot: to lot furniture for sale; to lot out apples by the basketful.
    • : to assign to one as his or her lot; allot.
    • : to divide into lots, as land.
    • : Obsolete. to cast or draw lots for.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lot·ted, lot·ting.

    • : to draw lots.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Often lots. a great deal; greatly: Thanks a lot for the ride. I care lots about my family.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inchoose
Synonyms
accept接受,接受接受,接纳,接受接受接受adopt采用,通过,通过了,采用了appoint任用,指定,任职,任命cast铸造,浇铸,铸就,浇注designate指定,指定的,命名,指认determine确定,决定,判断,决定了elect选举,选择,推选,选embrace拥抱,怀抱,搂抱,搂着favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠judge法官,判断,审判员,评审love爱,爱情,爱心,爱意name名称,名字,名,姓名prefer偏爱,喜欢,倾向于,偏向于single out单挑,单独列出,单独列出了,单独的take采纳,采纳了want想,要,想要,希望co-opt联合,启用,联合起来,吸收crave渴望,热望,渴望着,贪恋cull扑灭,剔除,删减,扑杀desire愿望,欲望,渴望,希望espouse拥护,支持,推崇,赞成excerpt摘录,节选,节录,摘编extract提取,摘录,提炼,提取物fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的finger指,指头,指数,指纹glean采集,拾取,拾荒,拾金不昧predestine宿命,宿命论,宿主,宿世separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的slot槽,插槽,档期,槽位sort分类,种类,排序,分级tag标签,标记,标牌,标牌上的标签tap轻拍,敲击,轻敲,敲打weigh衡量,称重,称量,秤量will将,会,将会,会的winnow簸箕,簸弄,精选,簸箕式wish希望,愿望,祝愿,愿call for呼吁,要求,需要,呼叫commit oneself承诺,投身,承诺自己,献身decide on决定,决定在,确定,决定采取discriminate between区别于,区分,辨别,区别对待feel disposed to愿意,不愿意,不愿,居心叵测fix on固定在,修复上,修复,修复上的make choice作出选择,做出选择,作出抉择,做出抉择make decision作出决定,做决定,做出决定,作决定make up one's mind下定决心,下决心,决心,拿主意opt for选择,选择了,选用,选择使用see fit见合,看准时机,看好,见谅set aside拨出,搁置,搁置的,拨开settle upon选中,选中了,选中一个,选中一个人sift out筛出,筛除,筛选出,筛查tab标签,选项卡,选项,卡卡take up接受,占据,占用,承担wish for希望,希望得到,希望获得,希望能够

Examples

  • There will undoubtedly be lots of changes, but as of press time, here’s a glimpse at some of the cinematic delights waiting for LGBTQ audiences.

  • So both of these companies may lose a lot of their overseas exposure.

  • I think this year has been unprecedented in a lot of ways, and when things are very different than what they have been, people are fearful.

  • If you’ve got a lot of that going for you, then striking oil can be a blessing.

  • “It helped me a lot having to run for a while,” Davies said.

  • I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.

  • There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.

  • If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

  • A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.

  • And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • In the old world, poverty seemed, and poverty was, the natural and inevitable lot of the greater portion of mankind.

  • Seen thus poverty became rather a blessing than a curse, or at least a dispensation prescribing the proper lot of man.

  • Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.

  • I have seen a lot of Bolshevik propaganda and it is not very convincing stuff.