Although the application essay causes lots of anxiety, it does not play so important a role in the college's decision-making process.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Kapur points out that while the model adopted by many teachers when introducing students to new knowledge―providing lots of structure and guidance early on, until the students show that they can do it on their own―makes intuitive sense, it may not be the best way to promote learning
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Lots of lost works written by African-American women.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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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.
例句
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。
I remember a lot of things...
我记得很多事情。
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ADV
很；非常
A lot means to a great extent or degree.
例句
Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research...
马修经常外出做研究。
I like you, a lot...
我很喜欢你。
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ADV
常常；往往；长久地
If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time.
例句
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。
He talks a lot about his own children.
他经常谈到自己的孩子。
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N-COUNT
（一）组；（一）批；（一）群
You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people.
例句
He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September...
他在8月和9月买进了两批这家公司的股票，每次1,000股。
We've just sacked one lot of builders.
我们刚炒掉一批建筑工人。
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N-SING
（特定的）（一）类（人）
You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot.
例句
Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.
未来几代人会觉得我们无趣乏味得很。
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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.
例句
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。
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N-SING
际遇；境况；命运
Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience.
例句
She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not...
她想认命接受这段婚姻，但却做不到。
Young people are usually less contented with their lot.
年轻人往往对自己的际遇不甚满意。
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N-COUNT
（一小块）土地
A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot...
破产事务官想要将这些店铺打包整体出售。
The two lots have made just over £3 million.
这两件拍卖品拍出了300多万英镑的价钱。
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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.
例句
Two names were selected by drawing lots...
抽签选出了两个名字。
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。
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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.
例句
He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament.
他已决定与议会中的极右团体共进退。