"pick out of a hat" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 随机抽取

Definition

指完全随机地选择某人或某物，常常真的从帽子里抽出名字或纸条，每个人机会均等。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于非正式场合，强调完全随机与公平。'帽子'可泛指任意容器，不一定是真的帽子。常用于组队、抽奖或做决定。

Examples

We will pick out of a hat to decide who goes first.

我们会**随机抽取**来决定谁先走。

The teacher picked out of a hat to assign teams.

老师**随机抽取**分配了小组。

We just pick out of a hat when we can't decide.

我们拿不定主意时就**随机抽取**。

Let’s just pick out of a hat—it’s the fairest way.

咱们就**随机抽取**吧，这最公平。

They couldn’t agree, so the winner was picked out of a hat.

他们没法达成一致，于是冠军是**随机抽取**出来的。

Sometimes decisions are just picked out of a hat when no one wants to choose.

有时候没人想选，决定就会**随机抽取**。