| 词汇 | casting-vote |
| 释义 | casting vote noun[ S ] uk /ˌkɑː.stɪŋ ˈvəʊt/ us /ˌkæs.tɪŋ ˈvoʊt/ a single vote, given by the person in charge of a meeting if the number of votes about something is equal, that decides the matter（赞成票与反对票相等时会议主席所投的）决定性一票 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip franchise proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop For until you have a Chairman elected, there is no Chairman to give a casting vote. He presides in the senate, in which he has only a casting vote. I never enjoyed any thing so much as our illumination when Mr. Clay gave his casting vote, and carried Congress. It chanced that Rose had the casting vote. So she herself was left with the casting vote, and chose to go on! casting vote | Business Englishcasting vote noun[ S ] ukus MEETINGS a single vote by the person in charge of a meeting, which is used to decide a question if the number of votes on each side is equal: If there is a tie in the final round between the top two contenders, the president of the association will have the casting vote. Examples of casting votecasting vote It by any chance the votes should be even, does this provision not exclude the castingvote of the chairman? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see that the castingvote would do more than give a chance of making a decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think, for instance, that the chairman should have a castingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The voting was equal, and the chairman had to give a castingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use by the chairman of his castingvote, when members were evenly divided over the application, was also criticised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be fixed either with or without the castingvote of the chairman, but it will be the minimum for the district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, essential in the earlier stages that he should have a castingvote, for he is not then giving a determining decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chairman may take part in the discussion, and if the parties are irreconcilable he may be unwilling to give a castingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some members of principal executive committees could have their right to a castingvote removed, when they could no longer be subjected to this procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that a clause that affects people's right to demonstrate—a basic democratic right—was carried on a castingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is run on the castingvote of the chair of the committees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How is the castingvote exercised so as to keep the matter under discussion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On half-a-dozen occasions, he used his castingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where there are votes on an issue, the simple and well-understood principle of the castingvote will apply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a quorum of three the chairman would still be able to exercise his castingvote in any difference of opinion which might arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of casting vote 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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