詞彙精選:lot的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
abbr.
(= large orbiting telescope)(衛星上的)大型軌道望遠鏡
n.
【口】很多,多數,多量
例句:
There are a lot of people in the railroad station.
火車站裏有許多人。
例句:
A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
我們有很多土地被用來種植出口作物。
全部
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.
他沒有拿錢去交房租,而是去了投注站,半小時內就把這筆錢全輸光了。
例句:
Take the whole lot.
把這些全都拿去吧。
(商品等的)一批,一攤;某一類的人
例句:
Archaeologists were trying to ascertain the date of a new lot of unearthed relics.
考古學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.
我們剛炒掉一批建築工人。
(出售或拍賣時的)一批 [C]
例句:
The two lots have made just over £3 million.
這兩件拍賣品拍出了300多萬英鎊的價錢。
例句:
The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.
破產事務官想要將這些店鋪打包整體出售。
(作特定用處的)一塊地 [C]
例句:
If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
如果在你這塊地底下發現了石油或金子,你可以把採礦權賣掉。
例句:
He is looking for an empty lot on which to build his house.
他想買一塊空地造房子。
【美】電影製片廠 [C]
籤 [C]
例句:
They drew lots to decide who should begin.
他們用抽籤的方法來決定誰先開始。
例句:
It was settled by lot.
這事是以抽籤決定的。
抽籤 [U]
例句:
It was settled by lot.
這事是以抽籤決定的。
例句:
The lot came to me.
我抽籤中了。
命運,運氣 [U]
例句:
Envy may dissatisfy us with our lot.
嫉妒可使我們對自己的命運不滿意。
例句:
Young people are usually less contented with their lot.
年輕人往往對自己的際遇不甚滿意。
份兒 [C]
例句:
He divided the fruit into three lots.
他將水果分成三份。
v.
劃分 [T]
抽籤 [I]
例句:
It was settled by lotting.
這事是以抽籤決定的。
例句:
It is certain that the tickets of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games are chosen by lotting.
奧運會開閉幕式門票實行抽籤確定已成定局。
二、詞義辨析:
destiny,fate,lot,doom,luck,fortune
這些名詞均有“命運”或“運氣”之意。destiny普通用詞,側重預先註定的命運,對未來命運的美好憧憬。fate較莊嚴用詞,多指不幸的命運,暗示不可避免,令人畏懼和人的意志無法改變,宿命論色彩較濃。 lot多指偶然的運氣或終身遭受的不幸命運。doom指最終的,常常是災難性或毀滅性的命運,隱含不可避免的意味。luck普通日常用詞,指好的或壞的運氣,尤多指好運氣,有時也指成功或愉快的結局。fortune普通用詞,指由機會或運氣來決定的一種命運,如暗示一種比fate好的運氣或一種愉快的未來。
三、相關短語:
a lot
a.1.很多,大量,非常
parking lot
n.停車場
job lot
零星批量,分批,分批數量
scot and lot
【法】 普通稅, 分擔財政負擔, 按能力支付教區稅
四、參考例句:
Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?
你常出汗或是常臉紅嗎?
The lot came to me.
我抽籤中了。
A lot more were wounded.
還有許多西點士兵受傷。
What a lot of presents!
禮品真多啊!
I have a lot of friends.
我有很多朋友。
She learned a lot from bitter experience.
她從慘痛的經驗中懂得了許多。
Politeness will bridge a lot of difficulties.
待人以禮會幫你渡過不少難關。
Do you eat out a lot?
你常上館子嗎?
You made a lot of silly mistakes.
This will save a lot of calories.
這樣的熱量攝取就會少很多。