Vote

[vəʊt] or [vot]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the opinion of a group as determined by voting; 'they put the question to a vote'.

(noun.) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; 'there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion'; 'they allowed just one vote per person'.

(noun.) the total number of voters who participated; 'they are expecting a large vote'.

(noun.) a body of voters who have the same interests; 'he failed to get the Black vote'.

(verb.) be guided by in voting; 'vote one's conscience'.

(verb.) express one's choice or preference by vote; 'vote the Democratic ticket'.

(verb.) express a choice or opinion; 'I vote that we all go home'; 'She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant'.

(verb.) bring into existence or make available by vote; 'They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia'.

(verb.) express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; 'He voted for the motion'; 'None of the Democrats voted last night'.

达米安校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

(n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

(n.) That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote.

(n.) Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.

(n.) Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

(v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others.

(v. t.) To choose by suffrage; to elec/; as, to vote a candidate into office.

(v. t.) To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

(v. t.) To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore.

(v. t.) To condemn; to devote; to doom.

克利奥校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Suffrage, voice.[2]. Ballot.

手打:穆里尔

解釋/意思:

n. expression of a wish or opinion as to a matter in which one has interest: that by which a choice is expressed as a ballot: decision by a majority: something granted by the will of the majority.—v.i. to express the choice by a vote.—v.t. to choose by a vote: to grant by a vote: (coll.) to declare by general consent.—adjs. Vō′table capable of voting; Vote′less.—ns. Vō′ter; Vō′ting-pā′per a balloting-paper used in the election of members to Parliament.—Vote down to put an end to by a vote or otherwise; Vote straight to give one's vote honestly.—Cumulative voting that system of voting in which the voter has a right to as many votes as there are members to be elected and may give all his votes or as many as he pleases to one candidate.—Split one's votes to divide one's votes judiciously among several candidates so as to strengthen those one favours.

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