lot

1. QUANT 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. 大量[QUANT 'of' n]

A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export. 我们的土地大多用来种植出口农作物。

He drank lots of milk. 他喝了许多奶。

2. PRON Lot is also a pronoun. 大量

I personally prefer to be in a town where there's lots going on. 我个人更喜欢呆在充满生机的小镇上。

I learned a lot from him about how to run a band. 我从他那里学了很多管理乐队的知识。

3. ADV A lot means to a great extent or degree. 非常

Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research. 马修经常出去做研究。

I like you, a lot. 我非常喜欢你。

4. ADV If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. 频繁地; 长期地[ADV after v]

They went out a lot, to restaurants and bars. 他们经常去饭店和酒吧。

5. N-COUNT You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. 一组

He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September. 他在8月和9月期间两次购进了这家公司的股票，每次1千股。

6. N-SING You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. 一群人[非正式]

Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. 后辈们会认为我们是一群无聊的人。

7. N-SING You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. 全部; 全体[非正式]

This may turn out to be the best football game of the lot. 这可能会是全部足球比赛中最棒的一场。

8. N-SING Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. 命运

She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not. 她试图认命接受这桩婚姻，但做不到。

9. N-COUNT A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. (个人或公司的) 一小块地[美国英语]

If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights. 如果在你的地里发现石油或金子，你可以出售开采权。

10. →see also parking lot

11. N-COUNT A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. 拍卖物

The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot. 接受方非常愿意把这些商店一起拍卖。

12. PHRASE 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

For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third. 世界杯决赛中首次由抽签决定谁将获得第二名和第三名。