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numbers racket

数字球拍,号码狂欢,号码狂飙,号码狂热者

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
    • : policy.

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Examples

  • Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.

  • And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.

  • Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.

  • Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.

  • Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.

  • Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.

  • Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.

  • As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.

  • The Mexicans, far superior in numbers, received every moment accessions to their strength.

  • Captains Spotstroke and Pool were equally careful; the rest of those present drank freely.