ADJECTIVE | VERB + BALLOT | BALLOT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤secret無記名投票▸➤open公開投票▸➤postal (BrE) 郵寄投票➤absentee (especially NAmE) 缺席選票➤provisional臨時選票➤electronic, paper電子/紙質選票▸➤national全國投票▸➤first, second第一輪/第二輪投票▸➤leadership選舉領導人的投票▸➤strike決定是否罷工的投票➤spoiled (BrE) 廢票VERB + BALLOT➤carry out, hold舉行投票▸➤organize組織投票▸➤cast投票◇Only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots.只有四成合格選民投了票。➤count, recount計票;重新計票➤spoil (BrE) 毀壞選票➤mark在選票上做標記➤mail, post (BrE) 郵寄選票BALLOT + NOUN➤box投票箱▸➤form, paper (BrE) 選票表;選票▸➤rigging操縱投票➤measure (NAmE) 投票議案◇Voters in three states turned down ballot measures that would have relaxed drug laws.有 3 個州的選民否決了放鬆毒品法的投票議案。PREPOSITION➤at a/the ballot在投票中◇They voted against him at the second ballot.他們在第二輪投票中給他投了反對票。➤by ballot以投票的方式◇The jury cast their vote by secret ballot.陪審團以無記名投票的方式表決。➤in a/the ballot通過投票◇The club members decided in a ballot to suspend the captain.俱樂部成員通過投票方式決定暫令隊長停職。➤on a/the ballot在投票中◇I voted for her on the first ballot.我在第一輪投票中給她投了贊成票。➤ballot for對⋯的贊成票◇a ballot for the party leadership對該黨領導層的贊成票➤ballot on為表決⋯的投票◇a ballot on the new contracts對這些新合同進行表決的投票➤ballot over關於⋯的投票◇a ballot over strike action關於罷工行動的投票