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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lot1 /lɒt $ lɑːt/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun, adverb  1  a lot  (also lots informal) a large amount or number 大量，许多 We’ve spent a lot on the children’s education. 我们在孩子的教育上花费甚多。 ‘How many CDs have you got?’ ‘Lots.’ “你有多少张CD？”“多着呢。”a lot of They paid a lot of money for that house. 他们花了很多钱买下那幢房子。 I eat a lot of vegetables. 我吃很多蔬菜。 There were lots of people at the party. 聚会上来了很多人。an awful lot (also a whole lot informal) (=a very large amount or number) 很多，极多 He spends an awful lot of time on the computer. 他将大量时间花在计算机上。a lot to do/learn/say etc I still have a lot to learn. 我还有很多东西要学。 It’s a great city, with lots to see and do. 这座城市很棒，有很多可看的东西和可做的事情。5 REGISTER 语体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 较不正式， lots 很不正式 。 在书面英语中，复数名词前可用 many ，不可数名词前可用 a large amount This was unpopular for a lot of reasons. the matter. → This was unpopular for many reasons. 这不受欢迎有很多原因 。 They spent a lot of money. → They spent a large amount of money. 他们花了很多钱 。5 GRAMMAR 语法• 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. 如将 a lot of 或 lots of 用在不可数名词前，用单数动词 ； 如用在复数名词前，则用复数动词A lot of money was spent on it.为它花了很多钱 。• Do not say 'lot of' or 'a lots of'. 不要说 ‘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. 不要将 a lot of 与 years 或 days连用，要说 many years/days 或 a long time 。n GRAMMAR: Comparisona 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. 我的头痛好多了，谢谢。 She has a lot more contact with clients these days. 现在她和客户联系得更多了。 You’ll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway. 如果走高速公路去那里会快很多。 The house is a lot tidier now Chris has left home. 克里斯搬出去之后，家里干净多了。3  a lot used to say that something happens to a great degree or often 很大程度，非常；经常 Things have changed a lot since I was a child. 从我小时候到现在，生活变化很大。 Paul travels a lot on business. 保罗经常出差。 I’ve been worrying a lot about my health. 我一直非常担心自己的健康。 She likes you a lot. 她很喜欢你。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 有很多难题要处理；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.’ “你今天话不多。”“我有很多烦心事。”6  have a lot on British EnglishBUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DO to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time 很忙，要赶做很多事情 I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on. 我现在帮不了你——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

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lot2 ●●● S2 noun  1  group of people/things 一批人/东西 [countable]GROUP OF PEOPLE a group of people or things considered together 一批[组]人[东西] Could you help me carry this lot upstairs? 你帮我把这些东西拿到楼上去好吗？lot of The last lot of people offered £70,000. 最后几个人愿意出7万英镑。 I did three lots of exams last summer. 去年夏天我参加了三组考试。 Come on, you lot, hurry up! 来吧，你们这帮家伙，快点！ His friends are a strange lot. 他的朋友是一帮怪人。2  the lot especially British EnglishALL/EVERYTHING the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc 全部，全数 We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot. 我们样样都做——做饭、洗衣、熨衣服，所有的事情。 I can’t believe you ate the whole lot. 我无法相信你全都吃了。 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) 你们/他们/我们所有的人 Shut up, the lot of you! 你们全都给我闭嘴！3  SB’s situation 某人的处境 [singular]SITUATION your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better 〔尤指不太好的〕命运，处境 She seems happy enough with her lot. 她好像对自己的境况很满意。 The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members. 各工会一直在试图改善其成员的境遇。4  land 土地 [countable] especially American EnglishAREA an area of land used for building on or for another purpose 一块地，场地 〔用于建屋或其他用途〕 the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel 商务酒店后面的一块空地 a used-car lot 旧车场 → parking lot5  film 电影 [countable]AMF a building and the land surrounding it where films are made 电影摄制场 SYN studio the Universal Studios lot 环球影城的片场6  thing to be sold 待售物品 [countable]BBT something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction 拍卖品 Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp. 54号拍卖品是一盏维多利亚时代的灯。7  choosing 选择 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 用抽签[抓阄]的方法 In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot. 在那时候的雅典，法官是通过抽签来选定的。 b) draw/cast lots to choose something or someone by lot 抽签，抓阄 We drew lots to decide who should go first. 我们抽签决定谁先去。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 与某人/某事物共命运 In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies. 1915年，意大利把自己的命运与协约国连在了一起。 → bad lot at bad1(21), → a job lot at job(18)

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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.nLOT /lɒt $ lɑːt/ trademark  na Polish airlineFrom Longman Business Dictionarylotlot /lɒtlɑːt/ noun [countable]1COMMERCEsomething that is sold at an AUCTION, especially a group of things that are sold togetherThe auction was a record sell-out, with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million. → job lot2FINANCE a group of shares that are sold together → round lot3MANUFACTURINGa quantity of goods that is produced at the same time or sold together as a groupBatch production is the production of standardised units in small or large lots.4especially American EnglishPROPERTY an area of land, especially one used for building ona car lot → vacant lotOrigin lot2 Old English hlot “object used for making a choice by chance”

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lot¹ S1 W1 /lɒt $ lɑːt/ pronoun, adverb
1. a lot (also lots informal) a large amount or number:
    We’ve spent a lot on the children’s education.
    ‘How many CDs have you got?’ ‘Lots.’
    a lot of
    They paid a lot of money for that house.
    I eat a lot of vegetables.
    There were lots of people at the party.
    an awful lot (also a whole lot informal) (=a very large amount or number)
    He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
    a lot to do/learn/say etc
    I still have a lot to learn.
    It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.
  GRAMMAR
    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:
   ▪ A lot of money was spent on it.
   ▪ A lot of people were killed.
    ► Do not say 'lot of' or 'a lots of'.
    ► Do not use a lot of with 'years’ or 'days’. Say many years/days or a long time.
  REGISTER
    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:
   ▪ This was unpopular for a lot of reasons. ➔ This was unpopular for many reasons.
   ▪ | They spent a lot of money. ➔ They spent a large amount of money.
2. a lot (also lots informal) if someone or something is a lot better, faster, easier etc, they are much better, faster etc
   SYN  much:
    My headache’s lots better, thanks.
    She has a lot more contact with clients these days.
    You’ll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway.
    The house is a lot tidier now Chris has left home.
3. a lot used to say that something happens to a great degree or often:
    Things have changed a lot since I was a child.
    Paul travels a lot on business.
    I’ve been worrying a lot about my health.
    She likes you a lot.
4. have a lot on your plate informal to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do
5. have a lot on your mind to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:
    ‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’
6. have a lot on British English to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time:
    I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.
⇨ thanks a lot at thanks¹(1), ⇨ a fat lot of good/use at fat¹(5), ⇨ have a lot to answer for at ANSWER FOR(2)

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lot² S2 noun1.  GROUP OF PEOPLE/THINGS  [countable] a group of people or things considered together:
    Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
    lot of
    The last lot of people offered £70,000.
    I did three lots of exams last summer.
    Come on, you lot, hurry up!
    His friends are a strange lot.
2. the lot especially British English the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc:
    We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot.
    I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
    I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).
    the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us)
    Shut up, the lot of you!
3.  SB’S SITUATION  [singular] your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better:
    She seems happy enough with her lot.
    The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
4.  LAND  [countable] especially American English an area of land used for building on or for another purpose:
    the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
    a used-car lot ⇨ parking lot
5.  FILM  [countable] a building and the land surrounding it where films are made
   SYN  studio:
    the Universal Studios lot
6.  THING TO BE SOLD  [countable] something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction:
    Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
7.  CHOOSING
  a. by lot 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:
    In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot.
  b. draw/cast lots to choose something or someone by lot:
    We drew lots to decide who should go first.
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:
    In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies.
⇨ bad lot at bad¹(21), ⇨ a job lot at job(17)

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