【lot音标】 英[lɒt] 美[lɑ:t]
【单词释义】 lot是什么意思：
n.份额；全部；整个；许多；命运；阄
adv.（与形容词和副词连用）很，非常；（与动词连用）非常
pron.大量，许多
vt.分组，把…划分（常与out连用）；把（土地）划分成块
vi.抽签，拈阄
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] lots [第三人称单数] lots
[单词现在分词] lotting
[单词过去式] lotted
[单词过去分词] lotted
【lot形近词/近似词】
pot n.罐；锅；瓶；壶 vt.把…栽入盆中；种盆栽；射杀
rot n.腐烂，腐朽 v.（使）腐烂，（使）腐败
dot n.点，小圆点
hot adj.热的；辣的 vt.（变，加）热；使兴奋
not adv.不；未必，没有
【单词例句】
◇ Down,down,down.'How far have I fallen now?'Alice said aloud to herself.'Perhaps I'm near the centre of the earth.Let me think…That's four thousand miles down.' (Alice was very good at her school lessons and could remember a lot of things like this.)
往下掉呀，掉呀，掉呀。爱丽丝自言自语：“现在我掉下来了多深？也许我快到地球中心了。让我想想……那是地下4000公里。”（爱丽丝功课不错，能记住好多这样的事。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ "Lots of patients understand that what they need to do is remove food remnants," says Josefine Hirschfeld, associate professor and specialist in restorative dentistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. "That is only partially true. It's much more important to remove bacteria from the teeth."
英国伯明翰大学副教授、修复牙科学专家约瑟芬·赫希菲尔德说：“很多患者知道刷牙需要清除食物残渣。他们只说对了一半。事实上，清除牙齿上的细菌要重要得多。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired.
在节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，例如操场或停车场，通宵达旦地玩得非常开心，精力充沛的人们似乎不知疲倦。
◇ In case you were curious, most people's favorite color appears to be green or blue, although there was a lot of variety in the results.
不妨告诉你，即使人各有别，人各有好，但大多数人最喜欢的颜色还是绿色或蓝色。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ Dr Jay explained: "On a very hot and humid day, if you're wearing a lot of clothing, or if you're having so much sweat that it starts to drip on the ground and doesn't evaporate from the skin's surface, then drinking a hot drink is a bad thing.
杰博士解释说：“在闷热潮湿的天气，如果你穿着很多衣服，或者你汗如雨下，而且没有从皮肤表面蒸发掉，那么喝热饮就不利于解暑。”
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ "Our impact on the climate is tied up with population in lots of different ways — what resources people are using, how much industrial production is going on, how much energy is needed for heating, cooling and transportation," Amy Snover, director of the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group, said. "All of these things affect greenhouse gas emissions, so the more people we have and the more resources we use, the harder it will be to cope with the risks and impacts of climate change."
华盛顿大学气候影响小组主任艾米·斯诺弗说：“我们对气候的影响在很多方面都与人口息息相关。人们使用了什么资源，在进行多少工业生产，需要多少能源用于取暖、制冷和运输。所有这些都影响到温室气体的排放，所以人口越多，使用的资源越多，就越难以应对气候变化的风险和影响。”
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ "When patients with coronary artery disease arrive at hospital, they have a lot of inflammatory biomarkers," said Saffi. "Inflammation is a huge part of the process of atherosclerosis, when plaque builds up in the arteries.
萨菲表示：“当冠心病患者就医时，他们的炎症指标都很高。炎症是动脉粥样硬化过程中表明动脉斑块累积的主要症状。”
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ Besides bringing a better quality of life to more people, Foster said this policy will help prevent another problem for China-a large migration of people from the interior to coastal cities, which puts a lot of pressure on the infrastructure of cities like Shanghai and Beijing.
福斯特说，除了让更多人享受到更高品质的生活外，减贫政策还有助于防止中国出现另一个问题：大量人口从内陆迁移到沿海地区，这将给上海和北京等城市的基础设施带来许多压力。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ "A lot of this aligns with what past research on energy and productivity tells us," says John Trougakos, an associate professor of organisational behaviour at the University of Toronto in Canada.
加拿大多伦多大学组织行为副教授约翰-特劳加科斯说：“大多数调查结果和之前关于精力和工作效率的调查一致。”