English Dictionary

numbers game

名詞

A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly. / The use of inappropriate statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).

日本語の意味

数字が選ばれるタイプのくじ、つまり賭けが行われる宝くじの一種としての意味。 / 本来の意図を誤魔化すために、不適切な統計数値やデータを用いて目的の結果を導こうとする行為としての意味。

After losing her job, Maria started running a small numbers game out of her café to make ends meet.

仕事を失った後、マリアは生計を立てるためにカフェで小さな地下の数字くじを始めた。

意味（1）

A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly.

意味（2）

The use of inappropriate statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).

Is it not as misleading to apply a simple numbers game to the Civil Service as it is to the police?

意味（3）

An activity that benefits from having many things to work with or on.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

numbers games （ plural ）