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lot

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lot1 /lɒt $ lɑːt/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun , adverb
1  a lot  (also lots informal) a large amount or number 大量，許多
We’ve spent a lot on the children’s education.
我們在孩子的教育上花費甚多。
‘How many CDs have you got?’ ‘Lots.’
“你有多少張CD？”“多着呢。”
a lot of
They paid a lot of money for that house.
他們花了很多錢買下那幢房子。
I eat a lot of vegetables.
我吃很多蔬菜。
There were lots of people at the party.
聚會上來了很多人。
an awful lot (also a whole lot informal) (=a very large amount or number) 很多，極多
He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
他將大量時間花在計算機上。
a lot to do/learn/say etc
I still have a lot to learn.
我還有很多東西要學。
It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.
這座城市很棒，有很多可看的東西和可做的事情。
5 REGISTER 語體
A lot is fairly informal and lots is informal. In written English, use many followed by a plural noun, or a large amount followed by an uncountable noun. a lot 較不正式， lots 很不正式 。 在書面英語中，複數名詞前可用 many ，不可數名詞前可用 a large amount
This was unpopular for a lot of reasons. the matter. → This was unpopular for many reasons.
這不受歡迎有很多原因 。 They spent a lot of money. → They spent a large amount of money. 他們花了很多錢 。
5 GRAMMAR 語法
Use a singular verb if you are using a lot of or lots of before an uncountable noun, and a plural verb if you are using it before a plural noun. 如將 a lot of 或 lots of 用在不可數名詞前，用單數動詞 ； 如用在複數名詞前，則用複數動詞
A lot of money was spent on it.
爲它花了很多錢 。
Do not say 'lot of' or 'a lots of'. 不要說 ‘lot of’ 或 ‘a lots of’.
A lot of people were killed.
很多人遇害 。
Do not use a lot of with ‘years’ or ‘days’. Say many years/days or a long time. 不要將 a lot of 與 years 或 days連用，要說 many years/days 或 a long time 。
n GRAMMAR: Comparison
a lot of
A lot of is fairly informal and is mainly used in spoken English or informal written English.
You can use a lot of with a plural noun and a plural verb:
A lot of people were hurt.
You can use a lot of with an uncountable noun and a singular verb:
A lot of money was spent on it.
lots of
Lots of is more informal than a lot of, but is used in exactly the same way.
You say:
Lots of people were hurt.
Lots of money was spent on it.
many, a large amount of
In written English, you usually use many or a large amount of.
You use many with a plural noun and a plural verb:
Many people were hurt.
You use a large amount of with an uncountable noun and a singular verb:
A large amount of money was spent on it.
When talking about years, days, weeks etc, you usually use many instead of a lot of:
The book took many years to write.
✗Don’t say: The book took a lot of years to write.
2  a lot  (also lots informal) if someone or something is a lot better, faster, easier etc, they are much better, faster etc 很，非常，很大程度 SYN much
My headache is lots better, thanks.
我的頭痛好多了，謝謝。
She has a lot more contact with clients these days.
現在她和客戶聯系得更多了。
You’ll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway.
如果走高速公路去那裏會快很多。
The house is a lot tidier now Chris has left home.
克裏斯搬出去之後，家裏幹淨多了。
3  a lot used to say that something happens to a great degree or often 很大程度，非常；經常
Things have changed a lot since I was a child.
從我小時候到現在，生活變化很大。
Paul travels a lot on business.
保羅經常出差。
I’ve been worrying a lot about my health.
我一直非常擔心自己的健康。
She likes you a lot.
她很喜歡你。
4. have a lot on your plate informalPROBLEM to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do 有很多難題要處理；有很多工作要做
5  have a lot on your mind WORRIEDto have a lot of problems that you are worried about 有很多操心的事情，心事重重
‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’
“你今天話不多。”“我有很多煩心事。”
6  have a lot on British EnglishBrEBUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DO to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time 很忙，要趕做很多事情
I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.
我現在幫不了你——我很忙。
→ thanks a lot at thanks1(5), → a fat lot of good/use at fat1(5), → have a lot to answer for at answer for
Related topics: Film, Trade
lot2 ●●● S2 noun
1  group of people/things 一批人/東西 [countableC]GROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people or things considered together 一批[組]人[東西]
Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
你幫我把這些東西拿到樓上去好嗎？
lot of
The last lot of people offered £70,000.
最後幾個人願意出7萬英鎊。
I did three lots of exams last summer.
去年夏天我參加了三組考試。
Come on, you lot, hurry up!
來吧，你們這幫家夥，快點！
His friends are a strange lot.
他的朋友是一幫怪人。
2  the lot especially British EnglishBrEALL/EVERYTHING the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc 全部，全數
We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot.
我們樣樣都做——做飯、洗衣、熨衣服，所有的事情。
I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
我無法相信你全都吃了。
I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).
我想那就是全部了。
the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us) 你們/他們/我們所有的人
Shut up, the lot of you!
你們全都給我閉嘴！
Examples from the Corpus
the lot• Janine bought four cream cakes, but her friends didn't turn up for dinner so she ate the lot herself.• I left my purse with my cheque book and car keys on the kitchen table and thieves broke in and stole the lot.
3  SB’s situation 某人的處境 [singular]SITUATION your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better 〔尤指不太好的〕命運，處境
She seems happy enough with her lot.
她好像對自己的境況很滿意。
The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
各工會一直在試圖改善其成員的境遇。
4  land 土地 [countableC] especially American EnglishAmEAREA an area of land used for building on or for another purpose 一塊地，場地 〔用於建屋或其他用途〕
the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
商務酒店後面的一塊空地
a used-car lot
舊車場
→ parking lot
5  film 電影 [countableC]AMF a building and the land surrounding it where films are made 電影攝制場 SYN studio
the Universal Studios lot
環球影城的片場
6  thing to be sold 待售物品 [countableC]BBT something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction 拍賣品
Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
54號拍賣品是一盞維多利亞時代的燈。
7  choosing 選擇
a) by lotCHOOSE if someone is chosen by lot, several people each take a piece of paper or an object from a container, and the person who is chosen is the one who gets a particular marked paper or object 用抽簽[抓阄]的方法
In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot.
在那時候的雅典，法官是通過抽簽來選定的。
b) draw/cast lots to choose something or someone by lot 抽簽，抓阄
We drew lots to decide who should go first.
我們抽簽決定誰先去。
8  throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something to join or support someone or something, and accept that what happens to them will affect what happens to you 與某人/某事物共命運
In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies.
1915年，意大利把自己的命運與協約國連在了一起。
Examples from the Corpus
throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something• At the next meeting of the Unionist Cabinet Ministers Boscawen threw in his lot with me.• Desperate to win in the third most conservative state, Bush threw in his lot with the religious right.• The Dance caught on everywhere, and eventually Sitting Bull himself threw in his lot with the shakers.• All you have to do is throw in your lot with me.• Like Dudley Williams, Jamison threw in her lot with Alvin early on, at the start of her career.• She threw in her lot with the Jowles.• I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them.
→ bad lot at bad1(21), → a job lot at job(18)
Examples from the Corpus
lot• Lot fifteen was a box of old books.• We've got another lot of visitors coming this weekend.• The car stopped outside a used car lot at the end of the street.• She seems happy enough with her lot in life.• I don't like her new friends - they're a snobbish lot.• Bring that lot over here, will you?• Don't take any notice of that lot, they're just ignorant.• Keeler is the best player of the lot.• She handed me a bag of old clothes. "Could you take this lot to the charity shop for me?''• Right lads, let's pick up this lot and go home.• We used to play baseball in the vacant lot.
lot of• A hundred dollars was a lot of money in 1901.
vacant lot• A bunch of kids were playing basketball in a vacant lot.• On our march we camped one night in a vacant lot adjoining a female seminary at Gordonsville.• At 11 p. m., he said, a man telephoned his room, and together they drove to a vacant lot.• Sanitation: A special task force shall be assigned to clean up all vacant lots and trashed areas throughout the deprived areas.• Broughton said the codes would make it simpler to build on small hillside vacant lots in older developed neighborhoods.• With real estate prices rising, vacant lots in the area are selling for as much as $75,000.• We stood in the vacant lot, which was still a vacant lot, where the three tramps were found.• He'd even searched the vacant lots.• Woke up to hear bulldozers Rumble through vacant lots, Saw houseplants we forgot to water Shrivelled in their pots.
LOTn /lɒt $ lɑːt/ trademark
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From Longman Business Dictionary
lotlot /lɒtlɑːt/ noun [countableC]
1COMMERCEsomething that is sold at an AUCTION, especially a group of things that are sold together
The auction was a record sell-out, with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million.
→ job lot
2FINANCE a group of shares that are sold together
→ round lot
3MANUFACTURINGa quantity of goods that is produced at the same time or sold together as a group
Batch production is the production of standardised units in small or large lots.
4especially American EnglishAmEPROPERTY an area of land, especially one used for building on
a car lot
→ vacant lot
Origin lot2
Old English hlot “object used for making a choice by chance”

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