lot
n. 运气, 签, 抽签, 份额, 许多, 一堆 vt. 划分 vi. 抽签, 抓阄
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教材释义与例句
份额；许多；命运；阄
a large amount or number
分组，把…划分（常与out连用）；把（土地）划分成块
抽签，拈阄
释义与例句
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1.
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
lots of people think so
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2.
A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
a lot of stationery
The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
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One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries This is an important lot. Very sorry, but we can't go on with the selling until we know more where we are.
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A number of people taken collectively.
非正式a sorry lot
a bad lot
you lot
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A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
a building lot in a city
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That which happens without human design or forethought.
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Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
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to cast lots
to draw lots
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The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
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A prize in a lottery.
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Allotment; lottery.
Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
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All members of a set; everything.
The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
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An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
历史
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To allot; to sort; to apportion.
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To count or reckon (on or upon).
美国 过时 非正式
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词源
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
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