numbers game

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly; especially, an illicit one.
    — Back in that day, mafias ran the numbers games and there was no such thing as a state lottery.
  2. The incorrect use of statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).
    — They're playing a numbers game to make it look like seat belts and vaccines are dangerous.
  3. An activity that benefits from having many things to work with or on; a focus on quantity.
    — In this business, breakeven is a numbers game: if you can achieve enough volume, you'll be all right.
  4. A game or sport that is dominated by analytics. uncommon
    — Somehow, to me, it's not quite as fun now that they've turned it into a numbers game.

词形变化

numbers games plural
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