Ballot

['bælət]

解释:

(noun.) a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting.

(verb.) vote by ballot; 'The voters were balloting in this state'.

录入:基思--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

(n.) The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.

(n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.

(n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

(v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to.

英格拉姆编辑

解释:

n. a little ball or ticket used in voting: a method of secret voting by putting a ball or ticket into an urn or box.—v.i. to vote by ballot: to select by secret voting (with for): draw lots for:—pr.p. bal′loting; pa.p. bal′loted.—ns. Bal′lotage in France the second ballot to decide which of two candidates has come nearest to the legal majority; Bal′lot-box a box to receive balls or tickets when voting by ballot.

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