vote是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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；選舉；（對…）進行表決

  • She was too young to vote in the election. 她的年齡太小，不能在選舉中投票。

  • The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously. 委員會就這一提議進行投票表決，結果一致通過。

  • Did you vote for or against the motion? 對這項動議你投了贊成票還是反對票？

  • Over 55 percent voted Democrat. 55%的選民投了民主黨的票。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Employees voted to accept the offer of an eight percent pay rise. 員工表決同意接受8%的工資升幅。

  • [ + (that) ] I vote (that) we (= I think we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards. 我覺得我們應該先去看電影，然後再去吃飯。

  • [ + obj + noun ] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= this was most people's opinion). 大部分人認為那場晚會是非常成功的。

  • It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee. 是年紀較輕的成員將史密斯選進了委員會。

  • The Conservative Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government). 保守黨被選上／下了台。

• 1 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 -- （選）票；表決意見

  • The suggestion was approved, with 25 votes in favour, and seven against. 25票贊成，7票反對，這項提議獲得了通過。

  • She cast her vote (= voted) for the Independent candidate. 她投票支持獨立候選人。

  • We called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue. 我們召集了一次會議對這個問題進行表決。

  • The party got/took 25 percent of the vote. 該黨獲得了總票數的25%。

  • They are trying to capture the female vote (= to persuade women to vote for them). 他們正在試圖爭取女性選民的選票。

  • In some countries women still don't have the vote. 在某些國家女性仍然沒有選舉權。

  • The proposal was read out and then put to the vote. 這項提議被宣讀，然後提交表決。