"draw lots" in Chinese (Simplified)

抽签

Definition

用随机抽取纸条、棍子等方式决定某事，结果完全靠运气。

属于较正式表达，多用于小团体公平决定顺序或任务。和“彩票”不同，draw lots 只用于参与者间的小型决策，不指大规模赌博。常见于日常场景。

Let's draw lots to see who does the dishes tonight.

我们来**抽签**决定今晚谁洗碗吧。

The children drew lots to pick teams for soccer.

孩子们用**抽签**来分足球队。

We drew lots to decide who would go first in the game.

我们通过**抽签**决定谁先开始游戏。

If no one volunteers, we could just draw lots and settle it.

如果没人主动，我们可以直接**抽签**决定。

They didn't want to argue, so they drew lots for the last piece of cake.

他们不想争吵，于是用**抽签**决定最后一块蛋糕归谁。

Whenever we can't agree, we just draw lots and go with that.

每当我们无法达成一致，就会直接**抽签**决定。