1 QUANT 许多；很多；大量 A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. 许多；很多；大量
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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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I remember a lot of things.
我记得很多事情。
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'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。”
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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。
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He drank lots of milk.
他喝了很多牛奶。
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A lot of the play is very funny.
这出剧有许多地方都非常有趣。
Lot is also a pronoun.
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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。
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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。
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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。
2 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 很；非常 A lot means to a great extent or degree. 很；非常
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Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research.
马修经常外出做研究。
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I like you, a lot.
我很喜欢你。
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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。
3 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 常常；往往；长久地 If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. 常常；往往；长久地
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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。
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He talks a lot about his own children. [+ about]
他经常谈到自己的孩子。
4 N-COUNT [num NOUN] （一）组；（一）批；（一）群 You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. （一）组；（一）批；（一）群
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He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September. [+ of]
他在8月和9月买进了两批这家公司的股票，每次1,000股。
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We've just sacked one lot of builders. [+ of]
我们刚炒掉一批建筑工人。
SYN bunch [informal] , group, crowd, crew [informal]
5 N-SING [adjective NOUN] （特定的）（一）类（人） You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. （特定的）（一）类（人） [informal]
6 N-SING （指刚提到的数量的）全部，整个儿 You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. （指刚提到的数量的）全部，整个儿 [informal]
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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。
7 N-SING [usually with poss] 际遇；境况；命运 Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. 际遇；境况；命运
SYN destiny, situation, circumstances, fortune
8 N-COUNT （一小块）土地 A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. （一小块）土地 [US]
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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。
10 N-COUNT 一件（或成组的一批）拍卖品 A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. 一件（或成组的一批）拍卖品
SYN share, group, set, piece
11 PHRASE 抽签；抓阄 If people draw lots to 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. 抽签；抓阄
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Two names were selected by drawing lots.
抽签选出了两个名字。
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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。
SYN choose, pick, select, toss up
12 PHRASE 决心与…共命运；决定与…站在一起 If you throw in your lot with a particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens. 决心与…共命运；决定与…站在一起
| Usage | lot |
| Both a lot and lots mean 'very many,' 'a large number,' or 'a large amount,' and both can be followed by a singular or plural verb, depending on what's being talked about: Lots/A lot of people are here. A lot is also an adverb: I like him a lot. |
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