voting

noun

1. 投票；选举；表决
   the action of choosing sb/sth in an election or at a meeting
   1. He was eliminated in the first round of voting.
      他在第一轮投票中被淘汰。
   2. Voting will take place on May 1.
      投票将于5月1日进行。
   3. tactical voting
      有策略的投票
   4. to be of voting age
      到了选举年龄

1. N-COUNT 选票;票
   A vote is a choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election.
   1. He walked to the local polling centre to cast his vote...
      他走到当地的投票中心投了票。
   2. The government got a massive majority — well over 400 votes...
      政府获得了远远超过400票赞成的绝大多数票。
   3. Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60.
      雷诺兹先生以102票对60票再次当选。
2. N-COUNT 投票;表决
   A vote is an occasion when a group of people make a decision by each person indicating his or her choice. The choice that most people support is accepted by the group.
   1. Why do you think we should have a vote on that?...
      为什么你认为我们应该对那件事进行表决？
   2. They took a vote and decided not to do it.
      他们进行了表决，决定放弃。
3. N-SING 投票总数;选票总数
   The vote is the total number of votes or voters in an election, or the number of votes received or cast by a particular group.
   1. Opposition parties won about fifty-five per cent of the vote...
      反对党大约赢得了55％的选票。
   2. The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of the Democratic Party.
      压倒多数的选票投给了民主党。
   3. ...a huge majority of the white male vote.
      绝大多数的白人男性的选票
4. N-SING 投票权;选举权;表决权
   If you have the vote in an election, or have a vote in a meeting, you have the legal right to indicate your choice.
   1. And of course we didn't even have the vote, did we?...
      当然了，我们连投票权都没有，不是吗？
   2. Before that, women did not have a vote at all...
      在那之前，妇女连选举权都没有。
   3. People with disabilities have got a vote as well, you know.
      你知道，残疾人士也拥有投票权。
5. VERB 投票;表决;选举
   When you vote, you indicate your choice officially at a meeting or in an election, for example by raising your hand or writing on a piece of paper.
   1. Two-thirds of the national electorate had the chance to vote in these elections...
      全国选民的2/3有机会在这些选举中投票。
   2. It seems many people would vote for the government, at a general election, if there was a new leader...
      如果有一个新领导人的话，大选时似乎许多人都会投票支持政府。
   3. Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th...
      两院都打算在1月15日前对那一政策进行投票表决。
   4. The residents of Leningrad voted to restore the city's original name of St Petersburg...
      列宁格勒市的居民投票决定恢复该市原来的名字——圣彼得堡。
   5. The parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to suspend its declaration of independence...
      议会以压倒性的多数票决定推迟宣布独立。
   6. The Bridgeport Common Council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase.
      布里奇波特市议会以9比8的投票结果通过了将税率提高5％的决定。
6. VERB 投…的票；投（赞成或反对）票
   If you vote a particular political party or leader, or vote yes or no, you make that choice with the vote that you have.
   1. 52.5% of those questioned said they'd vote Labour...
      52.5％的受访者表示他们会投工党的票。
   2. I probably would have voted that way anyway...
      无论如何我可能都会那样投票。
   3. A single candidate is put forward and the people vote yes or no.
      先推出一个候选人，由人们投票表示赞成或反对。
7. VERB （通过投票）决定给予（资助），同意提供（款项）
   If a government or other organization votes money for something or to do something, they decide to spend the money in that way.
   1. The General Court had voted $2,500 for a monument to be erected to his memory...
      州议会投票决定拨款2,500美元为他建一座纪念碑。
   2. The Parliament voted more funds to help maintain American forces.
      国会投票同意拨出更多资金来维持美国军队的开支。
8. VERB 投票评选
   If people vote someone a particular title, they choose that person to have that title.
   1. His class voted him the man 'who had done the most for Yale.'...
      他被班里评选为“为耶鲁作出最大贡献”的人。
   2. Michael has been voted Player of the Year.
      迈克尔被评为“年度最佳球员”。
9. See also: block vote
10. PHRASE 以退席（或退出组织）表示反对
    If you vote with your feet, you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it.
    1. Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country...
       成千上万的公民正准备离开这个国家，以这一举动表示反对。
    2. Authors still have power to vote with their feet by leaving to join smaller companies.
       作者依然可以通过退出并加盟规模小些的公司来表明他们的反对立场。
11. PHRASE 我认为;我建议;我提议
    If you say 'vote that' a particular thing should happen, you are suggesting that this is what should happen.
    1. I vote that we all go to Holland immediately...
       我建议我们全都立刻前往荷兰。
    2. I vote that you try to pick out the trail for us.
       我提议由你来选我们该走哪条小路。
12. PHRASE 一人一票制
    One man one vote or one person one vote is a system of voting in which every person in a group or country has the right to cast their vote, and in which each individual's vote is counted and has equal value.
    1. Mr Gould called for a move towards 'one man one vote'...
       古尔德先生号召采取“一人一票制”。
    2. The African National Congress insists on a one-man, one-vote system.
       非洲国民大会坚持实行一人一票的制度。

1. The deadline for absentee voting in was Saturday.
   缺席投票的最后期限是星期六。
2. He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
   他没有理会贪婪的下院议员们投票为他们自己悄悄加薪的传闻。
3. Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
   几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。
4. He changed from voting against to abstaining.
   他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。
5. There was a clear intention to dilute black voting power
   明显有意图要削弱黑人的选举力量。
6. Predicting voting trends from economic forecasts is a dodgy business.
   根据对经济的预测来预言选举的走势不大可靠。
7. He was explicit about his intention to overhaul the party's internal voting system.
   他直言自己的目的是改革党内的投票制度。
8. The voting is now more focused.
   现在投票更趋集中了。
9. There will have to be a second round of voting when new candidates can enter the fray
   将不得不进行允许新的候选人加入角逐的第二轮投票。
10. The voting went off without any undue irregularities.
    这次投票顺利进行，未发生任何违规行为。
11. Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
    下一步投票可能要推到明天。
12. An indecisive result would force a second round of voting
    尚无定论的结果会迫使进行第二轮投票。
13. Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
    胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。
14. They said they would not be voting for him because he was too left-wing.
    他们说不会投他的票，因为他思想太左。
15. They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial energy bill.
    他们可以预见到要是给极具争议性的能源法案投赞成票，可能会陷入孤立。
16. Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line
    执政的保守党有40名党员倒戈，投票反对政府的方针。
17. Officials had not been allowed to monitor the voting
    以前不允许官员监督投票。
18. Voters were lining up at polling places as early as 6.00 this morning, an hour before voting started.
    早至今天早晨6点、离投票开始还有1个小时，选民就开始在投票点排队。
19. Republics will have voting rights proportionate to the size of their economies
    各共和国将拥有与其经济规模成比例的选举权。
20. With the high voter registration, many will be voting for the first time.
    登记选民数量的上升意味着许多人将第一次参加投票。
21. Thousands of citizens are already voting with their feet, and leaving the country
    成千上万的公民正准备离开这个国家，以这一举动表示反对。
22. Several MPs abstained from voting at the end of the debate.
    辩论结束投票时，有几个议员弃权。
23. The Mayor was recalled by voting.
    通过投票表决，市长被罢免了职务。
24. In the United States, most of the elections are held together in November, so that a voter needs to make one visit to the voting place.
    在美国，多数选举都安排在11月份一起举行。这样，一个选民只需去选地一次。
25. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.
    大会对于重要问题的决定，应由出席并参加表决的会员国2/3多数决定。
26. Before voting, the Chinese representative made an explanatory statement.
    投票之前，中国代表作了解释性发言。
27. Some delegates abstained from voting.
    一些代表放弃投票。
28. Two of the members chose to take issue with the chairman on the question of voting rights.
    两位委员决定和主席争论选举权的问题。
29. They collectively abstained ( from voting) in the elections for local councilors.
    他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。
30. Voting is the exercise of a civil right.
    投票是行使一项公民权利。

noun

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

   Synonym:    voteballotballoting