单词 | vote |
释义 | vote (voʊt ) Word forms: votes , voting , voted 1. countable noun B1 A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election. He walked to the local polling centre to cast his vote. The government got a massive majority–well over 400 votes. Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60. 2. countable noun B2 A vote is an occasion when a group of people make a decision by each person indicating his or her choice. The choice that most people support is accepted by the group. Why do you think we should have a vote on that? [+ on] They took a vote and decided not to do it. Synonyms: poll, election, ballot, referendum 3. singular noun The vote is the total number of votes or voters in an election, or the number of votes received or cast by a particular group. Opposition parties won about fifty-five per cent of the vote. The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party. ...a huge majority of the White male vote. 4. singular noun If you have the vote in an election, or have a vote in a meeting, you have the legal right to indicate your choice. And of course we didn't even have the vote, did we? Before that, women did not have a vote at all. People with disabilities have got a vote as well, you know. Synonyms: right to vote, franchise, voting rights, suffrage 5. verb B1 When you vote, you indicate your choice officially at a meeting or in an election, for example by raising your hand or writing on a piece of paper. Two-thirds of the electorate had the chance to vote in these elections. [VERB] It seems many people would vote for the government, if there was a new leader. [VERB preposition] Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th. [VERB preposition] The residents of Leningrad voted to restore the city's original name of St Petersburg. [VERB to-infinitive] The board of trustees voted by majority vote to remove the director. [VERB to-infinitive] The council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase. [V num + for] Synonyms: cast your vote, ballot, go to the polls, mark your ballot paper voting uncountable noun Voting began about two hours ago. 6. verb B1+ If you vote a particular political party or leader, or vote yes or no, you make that choice with the vote that you have. 52.5% of those questioned said they'd vote Labour. [VERB noun] I probably would have voted that way anyway. [VERB noun] A single candidate is put forward and the people vote yes or no. [V yes] 7. verb If a government or other organization votes money for something or to do something, they decide to spend the money in that way. The General Court had voted $250 for a monument to be erected to his memory. [V n for/to n] The Parliament voted more funds to help maintain American forces. [VERB noun to-infinitive] 8. verb B1+ If people vote someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title. His class voted him the man 'who had done the most for Yale'. [VERB noun noun] Michael has been voted Player of the Year. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: judge, declare, pronounce, decree 9. See also block vote 10. to vote with your feet phrase If you vote with your feet, you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it. Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country. Authors still have power to vote with their feet by leaving to join smaller companies. 11. I vote phrase If you say 'I vote that' a particular thing should happen, you are suggesting that this is what should happen. [informal] I vote that we all go to Holland immediately. I vote that you try to pick out the trail for us. 12. one man one vote phrase One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value. We have a democratic voting system of one man one vote. Community businesses are run by the people who work in them on a one member, one vote system. Phrasal verbs: vote down phrasal verb If people vote down a person or their proposal, they reject that person or proposal, usually as a result of a formal vote. The Congress voted down a motion to change the union's structure. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] vote in phrasal verb If people vote in a particular person or political party, they give enough votes to that person or party in an official election for them to hold a position of power. If he fails, then he will have little excuse in the eyes of those who voted him in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The members of the national assembly will vote in a prime minister by a simple majority. [VERB PARTICLE noun] vote out phrasal verb If people vote out a particular person or political party, they give that person or party so few votes in an official election that they no longer hold a position of power. And if the President doesn't make things better, other voters say, we'll vote him out, too. [VERB noun PARTICLE] They cannot join forces to vote her out of office. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] And of course we all know we can vote out our councillors. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: vote with your feet to show what you want through your actions, for example showing your dislike of a place or situation by leaving it It seems thousands of people are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country in the hope of a better life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: core vote To win elections you've got to court more than your core vote or people won't give you a second glance. Times, Sunday Times (2016) For too long, the party has been in thrall to the core vote. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He has to appeal to swing voters and not to the core vote. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The sun has been told that could spark a no-confidence vote in his leadership. The Sun If he lost a no-confidence vote, he would be on the way to an election. The Sun The critical report came as the prime minister prepared to face a no-confidence vote in parliament, which he survived. Times, Sunday Times Rebels insisted he did, knowing he would struggle after just 40 backed him in a no-confidence vote last month. The Sun Previously, a no-confidence vote was followed by an election - as in 1979, the only postwar occasion on which such a motion has been carried. Times, Sunday Times The general message, though, is that life has continued as one might expect since the referendum vote. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That opposition has grown since the referendum vote. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This will almost certainly prove harder than winning a referendum vote. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 投票, 投票 Japanese: 投票, 投票する |
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