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

单词	vote
释义	vote I. \ˈvōt, usu -ōd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin votum vow, wish — more at vow 1. a. : a usually formal expression of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision; especially : one given as an indication of approval or disapproval of a proposal, motion, or candidate for office < proposal was rejected by 5 votes in favor, 51 against, with two abstentions — U.N. Bulletin > < 4000 write-in votes for another candidate — H.H.Martin > — see casting vote b. : the total number of such expressions of opinion made known at a single time (as at an election) < to increase its vote the party must appeal to the farmers > < their aggregate popular vote in that region fell below 1200 — H.R.Penniman > < polled a large vote > c. : an expression of opinion or preference that is held to resemble a vote < the consumer, by his votes when he buys or fails to buy, is the ultimate sovereign in a free economy — Eugene Staley > < deserves a vote of thanks for his hard work > d. : ballot 1 < members … who cast their vote into a single urn — E.S.Stavelay > 2. : the collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons expressed by voting < the legislative vote on any issue thus tends to represent … the balance of power among the contending groups — Earl Latham > < refused to take a vote on the question > < chosen by the vote of the people of the city > 3. : the right to cast a vote < every member of the community … should have a vote in electing those delegates — William Blackstone > specifically : the right of suffrage : franchise < the 19th Amendment gave American women the vote in national elections > 4. a. : the act or process of voting < the question came to a vote > < elect judges by popular vote — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < put a question to the vote > b. : a method of voting < roll-call vote > 5. obsolete a. : a prayer of intercession : entreaty, petition < the heavens consent … in answer to the public votes — Ben Jonson > b. : an earnest desire : wish < the glory of God, is to be the alpha and omega of all our votes and desires — Robert Sanderson > 6. obsolete : belief, report < by common vote, reputed the greatest empire in the Orient — Thomas Herbert > 7. : a decision passed by or carried in an assembly as the result of voting : a formal expression of a wish, will, or choice (as in regard to a proposed measure) voted by a meeting < giving the votes of Parliament the authority of laws — Alexander Mudie > — compare censure 6, confidence 6d 8. a. : a person who is merely an embodiment of the right to vote < from a patriot of distinguish'd note have … purg'd me to a simple vote — Alexander Pope > b. : voter < took up his challenge in the name of the 39,000 stay-at-home votes — J.J.Chapman > 9. a. : a number of voters or potential voters constituting a group usually with some common and identifying characteristics < appeals to the Polish vote > b. : the collective opinion expressed through voting of such a group < elections in which the independent vote has obviously tipped the balance — John Lodge > especially : the electoral support of such a group < Democrats need to worry about losing the Negro vote — Samuel Lubell > 10. chiefly Britain a. : a proposition to be voted upon; especially : a legislative money item < nearly two hundred votes, covering all branches of administrative expenditure … comprise the estimates — T.E.May > b. : appropriation < prisons had to be equipped and staff paid out of the annual votes for the naval services — Olive Anderson > 11. often capitalized : a daily record of proceedings in the House of Commons — usually used in plural < no motion for the issue of a new writ shall be made without previous notice … in the votes — T.E.May > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* 1. : to express one's views in response to a poll < vote by a show of hands > especially : to exercise a political franchise < was interested in politics long before he was old enough to vote > 2. : to express an opinion < voted by acts ranging from sullenness to suicide against the regime — D.W.Treadgold > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to choose or endorse by vote : elect, ratify < vote a straight party ticket > < the resolution was voted by a two-thirds majority > — often used with in < vote in the whole slate of officers > b. : to decide the disposition of by vote < one British colony after another … was voting itself into an American state — Dorothy C. Fisher > < a small membership meeting … voted the organization out of existence — Newsweek > c. : to defeat by vote < vote down a motion > < vote an incumbent out of office > d. : to authorize by vote < vote an appropriation > < voted an adequate force for the expedition — S.J.Buck > < voted the president special emergency powers > 2. a. : to adjudge by general agreement : declare < got talking who was the cleverest man … and we voted it was you — Frances H. Eliot > b. : to offer as a suggestion : move, propose < I vote we anchor out here — C.S.Forester > 3. a. : to cause to vote in a given way : control the franchise of < mobilize small armies of cheap laborers … to be voted at the polls for a consideration — C.G.Bowers > < build up a bloc of … states which could be voted as a unit — Newsweek > b. : to cause to be cast for or against a proposal in accordance with the wishes of the owner < nearly all the … stockholders mail proxies to me so I can vote them at the meetings — Erle Stanley Gardner > III. verb • - vote with one's feet
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