n.许多；大量；抽签；签；命运；一块地；拍卖品；一类或一些(人或物)；批；套；份儿
adv.很；非常
v.划分；分配
It takes a lot of labor to build a railway. 修筑一条铁路要花费许多劳动力。
She had a lot of problems to contend with. 她有许多问题要解决。
The flood did a lot of damage to the crops. 洪水毁坏了大量农作物。
This firm prints a lot of musical and sports books. 这家公司出版了大量的音乐和体育书籍。
They drew lots to decide which of them should go first. 他们以抽签方式来决定谁先去。
We worked hard to better the lot of the needy. 我们努力工作以改善贫困者的命运。
He gardened the lot behind his house. 他在他屋后的一块空地上栽培花木。
Lot 99 is a pair of antique vases. 第九十九批拍卖品是一对古瓶。
The first lot of visitors has arrived. 首批游客已经到达。
The next lot of young soldiers are to come up next week. 下一批新兵将于下星期报到。
I have several lots of essays to mark this weekend. 本周末我有几份文章要批改。
用作副词 (adv.)lot的基本意思是“许多,大量”,在肯定句中常用于a lot of或lots of结构,可修饰可数名词,也可修饰不可数名词。其含意与many或much相同。当它们在句中与其他词一起作主语时,谓语动词应与其所修饰的名词或代词在数上保持一致。
lot作“签,抽签”解时,常与介词by连用。
用作可数名词时表示“一批,某一类的人”,有单复数形式。
a lot不可作状语,修饰动词,表示数量上的“多”或“经常”。a lot和lots可用来修饰形容词或副词的比较级,表示程度。
