词汇精选:lot的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
abbr.
(= large orbiting telescope)(卫星上的)大型轨道望远镜
n.
【口】很多,多数,多量
例句:
There are a lot of people in the railroad station.
火车站里有许多人。
例句:
A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
我们有很多土地被用来种植出口作物。
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例句:
Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour.
他没有拿钱去交房租,而是去了投注站,半小时内就把这笔钱全输光了。
例句:
Take the whole lot.
把这些全都拿去吧。
(商品等的)一批,一摊;某一类的人
例句:
Archaeologists were trying to ascertain the date of a new lot of unearthed relics.
考古学家正在查考一批新出土文物的年代。
例句:
We've just sacked one lot of builders.
我们刚炒掉一批建筑工人。
(出售或拍卖时的)一批 [C]
例句:
The two lots have made just over £3 million.
这两件拍卖品拍出了300多万英镑的价钱。
例句:
The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.
破产事务官想要将这些店铺打包整体出售。
(作特定用处的)一块地 [C]
例句:
If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
如果在你这块地底下发现了石油或金子,你可以把采矿权卖掉。
例句:
He is looking for an empty lot on which to build his house.
他想买一块空地造房子。
【美】电影制片厂 [C]
签 [C]
例句:
They drew lots to decide who should begin.
他们用抽签的方法来决定谁先开始。
例句:
It was settled by lot.
这事是以抽签决定的。
抽签 [U]
例句:
It was settled by lot.
这事是以抽签决定的。
例句:
The lot came to me.
我抽签中了。
命运,运气 [U]
例句:
Envy may dissatisfy us with our lot.
嫉妒可使我们对自己的命运不满意。
例句:
Young people are usually less contented with their lot.
年轻人往往对自己的际遇不甚满意。
份儿 [C]
例句:
He divided the fruit into three lots.
他将水果分成三份。
v.
划分 [T]
抽签 [I]
例句:
It was settled by lotting.
这事是以抽签决定的。
例句:
It is certain that the tickets of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games are chosen by lotting.
奥运会开闭幕式门票实行抽签确定已成定局。
二、词义辨析:
destiny,fate,lot,doom,luck,fortune
这些名词均有“命运”或“运气”之意。destiny普通用词,侧重预先注定的命运,对未来命运的美好憧憬。fate较庄严用词,多指不幸的命运,暗示不可避免,令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变,宿命论色彩较浓。 lot多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。doom指最终的,常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运,隐含不可避免的意味。luck普通日常用词,指好的或坏的运气,尤多指好运气,有时也指成功或愉快的结局。fortune普通用词,指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运,如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。
三、相关短语:
a lot
a.1.很多,大量,非常
parking lot
n.停车场
job lot
零星批量,分批,分批数量
scot and lot
【法】 普通税, 分担财政负担, 按能力支付教区税
四、参考例句:
Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?
你常出汗或是常脸红吗?
The lot came to me.
我抽签中了。
A lot more were wounded.
还有许多西点士兵受伤。
What a lot of presents!
礼品真多啊!
I have a lot of friends.
我有很多朋友。
She learned a lot from bitter experience.
她从惨痛的经验中懂得了许多。
Politeness will bridge a lot of difficulties.
待人以礼会帮你渡过不少难关。
Do you eat out a lot?
你常上馆子吗?
You made a lot of silly mistakes.
This will save a lot of calories.
这样的热量摄取就会少很多。