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

• It's really a simple numbers game with negative and positive numbers.
  它其实就是正负数的简单数字游戏。
• However, not all people are keen on reading books, solving crossword puzzles and getting into Japanese numbers game like Sudoku.
  不过并非人人都爱去读书，玩字谜游戏，或者参与数字游戏。
• Numbers Game in Wooing Investment
  招商引资的数字游戏
• Let's just play the numbers game here.
  我们来玩个数字游戏。
• Because evolution is a numbers game.
  因为进化是一个数字游戏。
• You will not make decent income until you start drawing thousands of visitors daily-it is a simple numbers game.
  当你每天能给网站带来上千的访问者的时候，你才能赚到使自己满意的的钱。-就是一个简单的数字游戏！
• 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”。
• Keeping track of daily health is a numbers game and, for many, one that is too much work to justify the means.
  记下每天的锻炼量是一场数字游戏，然而这游戏量有些大。
• 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。