numbers game

英 [ˈnʌmbəz ɡeɪm]

美 [ˈnʌmbərz ɡeɪm]

n.  (通常为误导他人的)数字游戏

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (通常为误导他人的)数字游戏
  If you say that someone is playingthe numbers game, you think that they are concentrating on the aspects of something which can be expressed in statistics, usually in order to mislead people.
  1. Regrettably, he resorts to the familiar numbers game when he boasts that fewer than 300 state enterprises currently remain in the public sector.
     遗憾的是，他又玩起了老一套的数字游戏，吹嘘说目前属于公有部门的国营企业已不到300家。
• See also:number

英英释义

noun

• an illegal daily lottery
  Synonym:numbers poolnumbers racketnumbers

双语例句

• Since O'Neal's numbers have slowly started to drop, Yao and Howard are beginning to be regarded as the game's best all-around centers.
  自从奥尼尔的数据开始慢慢走下坡路，姚明和霍华德就开始被认为是联盟中最好的全能中锋。
• The number chip being drawn will then be placed on the score ball faced down so that people cannot see what your numbers are and can be easily be revealed when the game finished.
  抽签被刻印的数字珠仔将放到被朝下放各一指定位置，以便对手在游戏未结束时看出你的号码或轻易地被透露。
• Oil-rich Middle Eastern states, kingdoms and emirates are competing with China, while other countries keen to display newfound wealth have joined in this slightly inane numbers game.
  而石油储备丰富的中东国家正在与中国相互竞争，其他一些热衷于炫富的国家也加入了这场几乎毫无意义的竞争游戏。
• You're not making finding a job a job itself: Many people don't adopt a committed, passionate, failure-is-not-an-option attitude and don't recognize that finding a job is a numbers game.
  你没有将找工作当成一项“工作”来完成：许多人态度不认真、没有热情、没有做好“不许失败”的思想准备、没有意识到求职是一个“数字游戏”。
• This truth makes trading a probability or numbers game.
  这个事实说明交易是概率或数字游戏。
• You also need a tolerance for rejection and playing a numbers game.
  你可能会经常被拒绝，你需要会几个小游戏。
• Computer scientists rushed in great numbers onto the stage where the game was being played and began to type many instructions into the keyboard to rouse the computer system again.
  电脑科学家们一批批急忙赶到比赛现场并敲击键盘输入很多命令以使计算机系统再次启动。
• If you asked me to distill trading down to its simplest form, I would say that it is a pattern recognition numbers game.
  如果你让我对交易做个简单的概括，我想说是数字识别游戏。
• In great numbers you now oppose the dark Ones, and they know their game is up, and that it is their time to surrender.
  你们中的无数人现在在反对黑暗势力，因此他们知道他们日子完了，是他们投降的时候了。
• If, for example, China blows up, it won't be half as bad for the rest of the world if the numbers give the game away before hand.
  例如，如果中国出现危机，而数据提前泄露了秘密，那么对于世界其它国家的不良影响就会减半。