| 词汇 | vote |
| 释义 | vote verb[ I or T ] uk /vəʊt/ us /voʊt/ B1 to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting: 投票;选举;（对…）进行表决 vote inShe was too young to vote in the election.她的年龄太小，不能在选举中投票。 vote onThe committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.委员会就这一提议进行投票表决，结果一致通过。 vote for/againstDid you vote for or against the motion?对这项动议你投了赞成票还是反对票？ Over 55 percent voted Democrat.55%的选民投了民主党的票。 [ + to infinitive ]Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise.员工表决同意接受8%的工资涨幅。 [ + (that) ]I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.我觉得我们应该先去看电影，然后再去吃饭。 [ + obj + noun ]The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion).大部分人认为那场晚会是非常成功的。 vote someone onto somethingIt was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee.是年纪较轻的成员将史密斯选进了委员会。 be voted into/out of officeThe Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).保守党被选上／下了台。 Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.公民权包括法律上和就业上的自由、平等以及投票权。 Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.只有18岁以上的人才有资格投票。 Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, shall we vote on it? Only 40 percent of people bothered to vote in the election.只有40%的人肯花时间参加了选举投票。 Put a cross next to the name of the candidate you want to vote for. 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 voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop Idiomsvote with your feet vote with your wallet vote something up or down Phrasal verbsvote something down vote something through vote something up vote noun uk /vəʊt/ us /voʊt/ B1[ C ] the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your hand up: （选）票;表决意见 The suggestion was approved, with 25 votes in favour, and seven against.25票赞成，7票反对，这项提议获得了通过。 cast your voteShe cast her vote (= voted) for the Independent candidate.她投票支持独立候选人。 B2[ Cusually singular ] a way of making a decision by asking a group of people to vote: 投票;表决;选举 take/hold a vote onWe called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue.我们召集了一次会议对这个问题进行表决。 the vote[ S ] the total number of votes given or received in an election: 总投票数 take ... of the voteThe party took 25 percent of the vote. C1 the fact of being officially allowed to vote: 选举权;表决权 have the voteIn some countries women still don't have the vote.在某些国家女性仍然没有选举权。 put something to the/a vote to vote on something: 对…进行表决 The proposal was read out and then put to the vote.这项提议被宣读，然后提交表决。 In a historic vote, the Church of England decided to allow women to become priests.英国圣公会在一项具有历史意义的表决中决定女性可以担任司祭。 With nearly all the votes counted, Mr Soto had polled 67 percent of the vote.统计了几乎所有的选票后，索托先生获得了67%的选票。 There were ten votes in favour, six against, and three abstentions.10票赞成，6票反对，3票弃权。 We're still waiting for the votes to be counted up.我们仍在等待统计选票。 The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated by 201 votes to 196. 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 voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop the votephrase[ S ] the total number of votes given or received in an election: 总投票数 take ... of the voteThe party took 25 percent of the vote. get ... of the voteIt's often the case that the incumbent gets the majority of the vote. They are trying to capture the female vote (= to persuade women to vote for them).他们正在试图争取女性选民的选票。 C1 the fact of being officially allowed to vote: 选举权;表决权 have the voteIn some countries women still don't have the vote.在某些国家女性仍然没有选举权。 The laws were rewritten to that more people had the vote. get the voteWomen got the vote in 1920, but until discriminatory laws were revoked at the state level, women of colour were often prohibited from voting. What year were formerly enslaved people given the vote in this country? See also votenoun vote | American Dictionaryvote verb[ I/T ] us/voʊt/ social studies to express your choice or opinion as one member of a group in order to decide a matter of importance to the whole group or to elect someone to an office: [ I ]I voted early this morning just after the polls opened. [ I ]In a democracy, all adult citizens have the right to vote. [ I ]Local residents have twice voted against raising property taxes. [ I ]Who did you vote for in the last election? [ + to infinitive ]A majority of workers voted to accept the offer of an 8% pay raise. [ T ]She was voted best director at the Cannes Film Festival. vote | Business Englishvote verb[ I or T ] GOVERNMENT, MEETINGSuk /vəʊt/us to express your choice or opinion, especially by writing a mark on an official paper or by raising your hand: Are you eligible to vote? She was voted Britain's best boss. vote for/against sb/sthThey voted for a strike. vote in favour of sthA slim majority of shareholders voted in favor of the changes. vote on sthUnion members will vote on the agreement next week. vote to do sthThe monetary policy committee voted to keep rates at 3.75%. vote sb in/outHe was voted in as president. Phrasal verbsvote sth down vote sth through vote noun[ C ] uk /vəʊt/us a choice that someone makes in an election or meeting especially by writing a mark on an official paper or by raising their hand: We lost by 524 votes. About 120 million Americans cast a vote in the election. a vote for/against sb/sthHe was heavily criticized for his vote against raising the minimum wage. But a president always casts the deciding vote. a method of making a decision by asking a group of people to vote: The bill still faces a final vote. lose/win a voteThe leadership was shocked when they lost this vote. a vote on sthHe faces a vote on his future at an annual meeting next week. have/hold/take a vote (on sth)They held a vote on the company's new name. the vote the total number of votes that are made: He won 51% of the vote. the right to vote: As an expatriate I don't have the vote. See alsoblock vote casting vote Examples of votevote The results of the 2000 presidential election established the importance of a few hundred votes in determining electoral college members in a number of states. The parliamentary party was reduced by half and the party's share of votes cast was down by fourteen per cent. No women voted at all, which mainly accounts for the low proportion. One subject played the role of the health care worker, another was a monitor, and the remaining people were voting members of the community. In the hypothetical survey referendum in each location between 70 to 89 per cent voted for paying $20 annually to support global warming prevention. A separate chapter is devoted to examining whether and to what extent the change in general socioeconomic structures has influenced voting behaviour. The motion was passed with only four votes against. In this context, voting against a legitimate official is not a free expression of preference. At the close of polling, the votes are collected in one central area in each constituency and counted by hand. In other words, local issues, rather than adherence to a broader party manifesto, were determining voting behaviour. The lack of dividends is reflected in the no-arbitrage condition, while the absence of voting rights is not. By political behaviour is meant something more than just voting behaviour, although that is important and will be addressed. They also provide a very useful critique of simplistic accounts of self-interest, age and voting behaviour. Voting is secret, so voting for the good of others, a cooperative and altruistic act, is difficult for them to discover and reward. They, in appreciation, voted him into municipal government, even while he sat in jail, although they, too, condemned his criminal activities. See all examples of 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. Collocations withvotevoteThese are words often used in combination with vote. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. affirmative vote If there is an affirmative vote in the referendum, the commission will be asked to provide technical advice as regards electoral areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 deciding vote I know of none influenced or owned to any degree by a local authority in the private sector where the local authority would have the decidingvote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 decisive vote This may seem to call into question the very concept of a decisivevote. 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. See all collocations with vote |
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