vote 音标拼音: [v'ot]
n . 投票,选举,选票,表决,选举权,得票数
vi . 投票,选举
vt . 投票选举,投票决定
投票,选举,选票,表决,选举权,得票数投票,选举投票选举,投票决定
vote n 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
vote }, {
ballot }, {
voting }, {
balloting }]
2 :
the opinion of a group as determined by voting ; "
they put the question to a vote "
3 :
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution ;
guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment ;
"
American women got the vote in 1920 " [
synonym : {
right to vote },
{
vote }, {
suffrage }]
4 :
a body of voters who have the same interests ; "
he failed to get the Black vote "
5 :
the total number of voters who participated ; "
they are expecting a large vote " [
synonym : {
vote }, {
voter turnout }]
v 1 :
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 "
2 :
express one '
s choice or preference by vote ; "
vote the Democratic ticket "
3 :
express a choice or opinion ; "
I vote that we all go home ";
"
She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant "
4 :
be guided by in voting ; "
vote one '
s conscience "
5 :
bring into existence or make available by vote ; "
They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia "
Vote \
Vote \,
n . [
L .
votum a vow ,
wish ,
will ,
fr .
vovere ,
votum ,
to vow :
cf .
F .
vote .
See {
Vow }.]
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1 .
An ardent wish or desire ;
a vow ;
a prayer . [
Obs .]
--
Massinger .
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2 .
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 .
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3 .
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 .
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The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land .
--
Holmes .
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4 .
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 .
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5 .
Votes ,
collectively ;
as ,
the Tory vote ;
the labor vote .
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{
Casting vote }, {
Cumulative vote },
etc .
See under {
Casting },
{
Cumulative },
etc .
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Vote \
Vote \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Voted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Voting }.] [
Cf .
F .
voter .]
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 .
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The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice ,
and ,
indirectly ,
to encourage the crime .
--
L .
Beecher .
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To vote on large principles ,
to vote honestly ,
requires a great amount of information . --
F .
W .
Robertson .
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Vote \
Vote \,
v .
t .
1 .
To choose by suffrage ;
to elec ?;
as ,
to vote a candidate into office .
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2 .
To enact ,
establish ,
grant ,
determine ,
etc .,
by a formal vote ;
as ,
the legislature voted the resolution .
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Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds .
--
Swift .
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3 .
To declare by general opinion or common consent ,
as if by a vote ;
as ,
he was voted a bore . [
Colloq .]
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4 .
To condemn ;
to devote ;
to doom . [
Obs .] --
Glanvill .
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147 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vote ":
Australian ballot ,
Hare system ,
OK ,
PR ,
absentee voting ,
acceptance ,
adherence ,
admiration ,
approbation ,
approval ,
aye ,
back ,
back up ,
ballot ,
ballot -
box stuffing ,
be enfranchised ,
be implicated in ,
bear a hand ,
blessing ,
canvass ,
canvassing ,
card voting ,
cast a ballot ,
casting vote ,
chip in ,
choose ,
cloture ,
colonization ,
committee consideration ,
contribute ,
countenance ,
counting heads ,
cumulative system ,
cumulative voting ,
debate ,
deciding vote ,
deliberation ,
desire ,
divide ,
division ,
elect ,
election fraud ,
elector ,
endorse ,
endorsement ,
enfranchisement ,
enter into ,
esteem ,
fagot vote ,
favor ,
favorable vote ,
female suffrage ,
filibuster ,
filibustering ,
filing ,
first reading ,
floating ,
franchise ,
go into ,
graveyard vote ,
hand vote ,
have suffrage ,
help decide ,
household franchise ,
introduction ,
join ,
join in ,
list system ,
logrolling ,
make the scene ,
manhood suffrage ,
nay ,
no ,
nontransferable vote ,
opinion ,
opt ,
partake ,
partake of ,
participate ,
participate in ,
plebiscite ,
plebiscitum ,
plump ,
plumper ,
plural system ,
plural vote ,
poll ,
polling ,
preference ,
preferential system ,
preferential voting ,
proportional representation ,
proxy ,
proxy voting ,
pull an oar ,
record vote ,
referendum ,
repeating ,
representation ,
respect ,
right to vote ,
rising vote ,
roll call ,
sanction ,
say ,
seal of approval ,
second reading ,
secret ballot ,
show of hands ,
single system ,
single transferrable vote ,
single vote ,
single -
member district ,
sit in ,
sit in on ,
snap vote ,
stamp of approval ,
steamroller methods ,
straw vote ,
suffrage ,
suffragette ,
suffragettism ,
suffragism ,
suffragist ,
support ,
tabling ,
take part in ,
talkathon ,
the vote ,
third reading ,
ticket ,
transferable vote ,
universal suffrage ,
viva voce ,
voice ,
voice vote ,
voter ,
voting ,
voting machine ,
voting right ,
woman -
suffragist ,
write -
in ,
write -
in vote ,
yea ,
yea vote ,
yeas and nays ,
yes VOTE .
Suffrage ;
the voice of an individual in making a choice by many .
The total number of voices given at an election ;
as ,
the presidential vote .
2 .
Votes are either given ,
by ballot ,
v .)
or viva voce ;
they may be delivered personally by the voter himself ,
or ,
in some cases ,
by proxy .
(
q .
v .)
3 .
A majority (
q .
v .)
of the votes given carries the question submitted ,
unless in particular cases when the constitution or laws require that there shall be a majority of all the voters ,
or when a greater number than a simple majority is expressly required ;
as ,
for example in the case of the senate in making treaties by the president and senate ,
two -
thirds of the senators present must concur .
Vide Angell on Corpor .
Index ,
h .
t .
4 .
When the votes are equal in number ,
the proposed measure is lost .
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