lots

英 [lɒts]

美 [lɑts]

n.  全体; 全部; 整个; (一)组，群，批，套; 待售商品; (尤指)拍卖品
lot的第三人称单数和复数

BNC.2017 / COCA.1548

柯林斯词典

• QUANT 许多；很多；大量
  A lot ofsomething orlots ofit is a large amount of it.A lot ofpeople or things, orlots ofthem, is a large number of them.
  1. 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。
  2. I remember a lot of things...
     我记得很多事情。
  3. 'You'll find that everybody will try and help their colleague.' — 'Yeah. There's a lot of that.'...
     “你会发现同事们都会尽力互相帮助。”——“是呀，有很多这样的事。”
  4. Lots of pubs like to deck themselves out with flowers in summer...
     夏日里有许多酒吧喜欢用鲜花来装饰店面。
  5. He drank lots of milk...
     他喝了很多牛奶。
  6. A lot of the play is very funny.
     这出剧有许多地方都非常有趣。
  7. Lotis also a pronoun.
     
  8. There's lots going on at Selfridges this month...
     塞尔福里奇百货公司这个月有很多活动。
  9. I learned a lot from him about how to run a band...
     我从他那里学到了许多关于经营乐队方面的东西。
  10. I know a lot has been said about my sister's role in my career.
      我知道关于我姐姐对我事业的影响已经说了很多了。
• ADV 很；非常
  A lotmeans to a great extent or degree.
  1. Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research...
     马修经常外出做研究。
  2. I like you, a lot...
     我很喜欢你。
  3. If I went out and accepted a job at a lot less money, I'd jeopardize a good career.
     我要是出去接下一份报酬低很多的工作，这将危及我的大好前程。
• ADV 常常；往往；长久地
  If you do somethinga lot, you do it often or for a long time.
  1. They went out a lot, to the Cafe Royal or the The Ivy...
     他们常常出去玩，一般是到皇家咖啡馆或者常春藤那里。
  2. He talks a lot about his own children.
     他经常谈到自己的孩子。
• N-COUNT （一）组；（一）批；（一）群
  You can uselotto refer to a set or group of things or people.
  1. He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September...
     他在8月和9月买进了两批这家公司的股票，每次1,000股。
  2. We've just sacked one lot of builders.
     我们刚炒掉一批建筑工人。
• N-SING （特定的）（一）类（人）
  You can refer to a specific group of people as a particularlot.
  1. Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.
     未来几代人会觉得我们无趣乏味得很。
• N-SING （指刚提到的数量的）全部，整个儿
  You can usethe lotto refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned.
  1. 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。
• N-SING 际遇；境况；命运
  Yourlotis the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience.
  1. She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not...
     她想认命接受这段婚姻，但却做不到。
  2. Young people are usually less contented with their lot.
     年轻人往往对自己的际遇不甚满意。
• See also:If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.parking lot
• N-COUNT 一件（或成组的一批）拍卖品
  Alotin an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 抽签；抓阄
  If peopledraw lotsto decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
  1. Two names were selected by drawing lots...
     抽签选出了两个名字。
  2. For the first time in a World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.
     这是世界杯决赛首次用抽签的方法来决定亚军和季军。
• PHRASE 决心与…共命运；决定与…站在一起
  If youthrow inyourlot witha particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens.
  1. He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament.
     他已决定与议会中的极右团体共进退。

英英释义

noun

• a large number or amount
  1. made lots of new friends
  2. she amassed stacks of newspapers
  Synonym:tonsdozensheapspilesscoresstacksloadsraftsslewswadsoodlesgobsscadslashings

adv

• to a very great degree or extent
  1. I feel a lot better
  2. we enjoyed ourselves very much
  3. she was very much interested
  4. this would help a great deal
  Synonym:a lota good deala great dealmuchvery much

双语例句

• I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
  我花大笔钱购置了上班时穿的漂亮新套装。
• Keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard.
  记住你要和许多出拳非常凶狠的人交手。
• We took lots of measurements
  我们得到了许多测量结果。
• Two names were selected by drawing lots
  抽签选出了两个名字。
• Of course lots of kids read dirty books in their rooms and hide them under the mattress.
  当然很多孩子在他们的房间里看黄书，而且会把它们藏在床垫子底下。
• We had lots before but now we've run out.
  我们以前有很多，但是现在已经用完了。
• Lots of people know her as a very kind woman
  很多人认为她是个非常善良的女人。
• I was wearing a purple jumpsuit, high heeled shoes, and lots of makeup.
  我穿着紫色连衫裤和高跟鞋，脸上抹着厚厚的化妆品。
• The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees
  结果是我们有很多优秀然而却不太快乐的员工。
• Lots of periodicals in foreign languages have been subscribed to, not to mention those in Chinese.
  且不说中文期刊，外文期刊也订了不少。