| 词汇 | balloted |
| 释义 | balloted past simple and past participle ofballot ballot verb[ T ] uk /ˈbæl.ət/ us /ˈbæl.ət/ to organize a secret vote by a group of people in order to find out their views: 进行无记名投票 The union decided to ballot its members on the issue.工会决定让会员就这件事进行无记名投票。 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proportional representation proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting vote something through voting voting booth voting machine voting slip Examples of ballotedballoted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some 1,744 schools have balloted parents on whether to seek grant-maintained status; 1,297 ballots have resulted in a yes vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More than 2,000 schools have expressed an interest in becoming grant-maintained, and more than 300 have balloted already. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will say they have carried the movement now to its final stage and that the miners have balloted and have given their decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have given the right to be balloted before industrial action and to be balloted for the election of trade union leaders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any event," he added," they have nearly all balloted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the miners have been balloted nationally, as they should have been, they will show that they fully understand that position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if we balloted the membership to allow lawyers to participate in the executive committee, we would probably not find any lawyers in membership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, those who have been balloted are being prevented or dissuaded from working by people who have not voted at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been balloted by that union as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All our lives we have been balloted—we have come out of the hat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The characteristic of this dispute is that the rank and file have been balloted all the way through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no case for an individual defying a balloted union decision and not having to face up to the consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, the subject is hardly suitable for a five-hour debate on a balloted motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is difficult to see exactly which groups should or should not have a right to be balloted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No schools have balloted in favour of grant-maintained status in 1994. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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