英语词汇“simple majority”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

simple majority n. (a) (originally) a majority comprising more than half of all votes cast; an absolute majority; (b) (in later use also) a majority in which the highest number of votes cast for any one candidate, issue, etc., exceeds the second-highest number, while not comprising more than half of all votes cast; a plurality.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > the numerical result of voting > numbers of votes received by one candidate

simple majority1689

absolute majority1782

plurality1803

qualified majority1916

1689 G. Hooper Fair & Methodical Discuss. First Great Controv. ii. i. 55 Is it a simple Majority, as in ordinary Assemblies? or will not the Holy Ghost come down but upon two Thirds, as in the Election of a Pope?

1785 J. Anderson Acct. Present State Hebrides 437 A simple majority shall acquit.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 38 A simple majority, provided that it consisted of twelve, was sufficient to convict.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 10/1 A simple motion, carryable by a simple majority.

1955 Times 12 Jan. 6/3 He succeeded only at the third ballot, for which a simple majority was required, whereas the first and second votes, in which a candidate, to be successful, has to gain an absolute majority of those voting, had yielded no result.

1964 G. Clark Hist. Royal Coll. Physicians of London I. vi. 94 To pass a statute there must be at two separate comitia a two thirds majority, or, if fewer than six were present, a simple majority.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 20 May (Final ed.) (Features section 9) As for Modi the bluffer, his party has won a simple majority on only 31% share of the vote.

单词	simple majority
释义	> as lemmas simple majority simple majority n. (a) (originally) a majority comprising more than half of all votes cast; an absolute majority; (b) (in later use also) a majority in which the highest number of votes cast for any one candidate, issue, etc., exceeds the second-highest number, while not comprising more than half of all votes cast; a plurality. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > the numerical result of voting > numbers of votes received by one candidate simple majority1689 absolute majority1782 plurality1803 qualified majority1916 1689 G. Hooper Fair & Methodical Discuss. First Great Controv. ii. i. 55 Is it a simple Majority, as in ordinary Assemblies? or will not the Holy Ghost come down but upon two Thirds, as in the Election of a Pope? 1785 J. Anderson Acct. Present State Hebrides 437 A simple majority shall acquit. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 38 A simple majority, provided that it consisted of twelve, was sufficient to convict. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 10/1 A simple motion, carryable by a simple majority. 1955 Times 12 Jan. 6/3 He succeeded only at the third ballot, for which a simple majority was required, whereas the first and second votes, in which a candidate, to be successful, has to gain an absolute majority of those voting, had yielded no result. 1964 G. Clark Hist. Royal Coll. Physicians of London I. vi. 94 To pass a statute there must be at two separate comitia a two thirds majority, or, if fewer than six were present, a simple majority. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 20 May (Final ed.) (Features section 9) As for Modi the bluffer, his party has won a simple majority on only 31% share of the vote. extracted from simpleadj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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