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the system of voting in writing and usually in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held （无记名）投票选举；投票表决 The chairperson is chosen by secret ballot. 主席是通过无记名投票选举产生的。 The union cannot call a strike unless it holds a ballot of members. 工会未经会员投票表决不得发动罢工。 - ballot for something
a ballot for the Conservative leadership 对保守党领导的赞成票 - ballot on/over something
a ballot over strike action 关于罢工行动的投票 a ballot on the new contracts 对这些新合同进行表决的投票
Synonyms electionelection- vote
- poll
- referendum
- ballot
- election an occasion on which people officially choose a political representative or government by voting:
Who did you vote for in the last election? 上次选举中你把票投给了谁？
- vote an occasion on which a group of people vote for somebody/something:
They took a vote on who should go first. 他们以投票方式决定谁先走。
- poll (journalism
) the process of voting in an election: （新闻）指选举投票、计票： They suffered a defeat at the polls. 他们在投票选举中惨遭失败。
- referendum
an occasion on which all the adults in a country can vote on a particular issue 指全民投票、全民公决 - ballot the system of voting by marking an election paper, especially in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held:
The leader will be chosen by secret ballot. 领导人将通过无记名投票选举产生。
- a national/local election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot
- to have/hold/conduct a(n) election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections 在选举中投票 Running for election 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
开始总统竞选活动 - support/back a candidate
支持候选人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
说服选民／全体选民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
Voting 投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票给保守党候选人／民主党 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在选票上做标记；投废票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清点邮寄选票数 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；竞选失败 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去选票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
Taking power 掌权 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就职／就任总统 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英国）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
发表（美国）总统就职演说 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就职；任职；离职 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 - form a government/a cabinet
组建政府／内阁 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任两届总理；两届任职
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain. 俱乐部成员通过投票方式决定暂令队长停职。 The jury cast their vote by secret ballot. 陪审团以无记名投票的方式表决。 They voted against him at the second ballot. 他们在第二轮投票中给他投了反对票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secret
- open
- postal
- …
- carry out
- hold
- organize
- …
- box
- form
- paper
- …
- at a/the ballot
- by ballot
- in a/the ballot
- …
- (British English also ballot paper)[countable]
the piece of paper on which somebody marks who they are voting for 选票 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secret
- open
- postal
- …
- carry out
- hold
- organize
- …
- box
- form
- paper
- …
- at a/the ballot
- by ballot
- in a/the ballot
- …
- the ballot[singular]
the total number of votes in an election （选举中的）投票总数 see also poll
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a small coloured ball placed in a container to register a vote): from Italian ballotta, diminutive of balla.