"draw lots" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 抽籤

Definition

用隨機抽取紙條、籤棒等方式決定某事，結果完全靠運氣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於較正式用語，多用於小團體公平決定順序或任務。與“彩票”不同，draw lots 只用於參加者中的小型決策，不指大型賭博。常見於日常場合。

Examples

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

我們來**抽籤**決定今晚誰洗碗吧。

The children drew lots to pick teams for soccer.

孩子們用**抽籤**來分足球隊。

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

我們通過**抽籤**決定誰先開始遊戲。

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

如果沒有人主動，我們可以直接**抽籤**解決。

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

他們不想爭吵，所以用**抽籤**決定最後一塊蛋糕歸誰。

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

每當我們無法達成一致，就會直接**抽籤**決定。