| 单词 | to vote down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto vote down to vote down transitive. Of a deliberative body: to defeat or reject (a person, motion, etc.) by means of a vote. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > give (a vote) [verb (transitive)] > vote against to vote down1641 blackball1765 pill1853 downvote1876 pip1880 1641 Lambeth Faire sig. B2 The Parliament hath pul'd your pride toth' ground, And by the House three times y'are voted down. 1858 in W. H. Herndon Life A. Lincoln (1892) II. 115 The idea put forth by Judge Douglas, that he ‘don't care whether slavery is voted down or voted up’. 1882 A. Bain James Mill vi. 268 It is the aristocracy that must, in the House, vote down the Ministry. 1970 Indian Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 31 157 Since they had a comfortable majority in the House of Lords, they were optimistic to carry out their threat and vote down the order at the end of the debate. 2014 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 13 Apr. a11/2 The Bowie Advisory Planning Board held a public hearing.., ultimately voting down a motion to approve the project. < as lemmas |
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