ballot

['bælət]

n.投票, 投票用纸
vi.投票

n.

1. 投票用纸, 选票[C]

I cast a ballot for him.

我投他一票。

2. (尤指无记名的)投票[U][C]

Chairman of the committee was elected by ballot.

该委员会主任是投票选举的。

3. 投票权[the S]

4. 投票总数[C]

5. 候选人名单[the S]

6. 抽签[U]

Her name has been put on the ballot.

她已被列为候选人。

vi.

(以无记名)投票, 投票表决[(+for/against)]

They balloted for a new chairman.

他投票选举了新主席。

vt.

1. 投票选举(或决定)

2. 向……拉票

3. 通过投票了解(人们)的意向

词形变化

名词: balloter | 动词过去式: balloted | 动词过去分词: balloted | 动词现在分词: balloting | 动词第三人称单数: ballots |

词义辨析

同义:

n.选票

vote  choice  poll  

同义参见:

ticket  suffrage  

反义:

n.vi.投票

abstain  abstention  

英英释义

名词 ballot:

a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

同义词：vote, voting, balloting

动词 ballot:

vote by ballot

补充

ballotballot英:[ˈbælət] 美:[ˈbælət]n.1.投票表决, 选举The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。2.选票They're counting the ballots.他们正在计算选票。vt. & vi.1.(使)投票表决Most of us balloted for the decision.我们大部分人都投票赞成那项决定。

例句

1. Fifty members will be elected by direct ballot.50名成员将通过直接投票表决产生。 2. The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.投票表决结果要在两周后才能知道。 3. Employee representatives are directly elected by secret ballot (and not nominated by the unions).员工代表通过无记名投票直接选举产生(而不是由工会任命)。 4. The council will have no choice but to hold a ballot if 5 per cent of residents back the move.如果5%的居民支持这个行动, 那么委员会除了举行投票之外别无选择。 5. They are to hold a ballot on strike action.他们将对罢工行动举行投票表决。 6. Unions are required to hold secret strike ballots before taking any industrial action.在采取任何劳工行动之前, 工会必须按照要求就罢工举行秘密投票。 7. Election boards will count the ballots by hand.选举委员会将手工计票。 8. 798 of the returned ballots were invalid and could not be counted.交回的选票中有798张无效, 不能计算在内。 9. More electors than usual cast their ballot on the basis of local and not national factors.与往常相比, 更多的选民基于当地而非全国的各种因素投了票。 10. Only one Republican cast a ballot for ratification.只有一名共和党人对正式签署投了赞成票。 11. They succeeded in putting Perot's name on the ballot in Florida.他们成功地把佩罗的名字列入了佛罗里达州的候选人名单。 12. 75% of the ballots have already been counted.已有75%的投票统计完毕。 13. When there are more applications than places available, the council runs a random ballot.当申请人数超过现有职位名额的时候, 委员会就通过抽签决定。 14. The ticket ballot for the Games closes at midnight on Friday.比赛门票的抽签在星期五午夜截止。 15. Union leaders will now ballot their members with a view to ratifying the deal.为了使协议得到批准, 工会领导将立刻在工会成员中间拉票。 16. The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会说他们将要求工会成员投票表决是否罢工。 17. Young men were balloted for conscription to work in the mines.年轻男子被抽签征召到矿井中工作。 18. Requests for tickets will be kept on file until January 31, when the tickets will be balloted and you will be notified a few days later.购票申请将存档到1月31日, 当日进行抽签, 结果在几天之后通知。 19. The union balloted for a national strike over pay.工会投票赞同针对工资问题进行全国罢工。 20. Delegates voted by a 3:1 majority to ballot on a stoppage on the two days in question.代表们以3比1的多数票决定在那两天停工。 21. to ballot against a candidate对某候选人投反对票 22. to ballot for places抓阄决定场地 23. The party members were balloted on the resolution.党员们就该项决议进行了表决。 24. Certain age groups will be balloted at this time.这次对某年龄组的人征募。 25. a strike ballot.无记名罢工表决。 26. [mass noun]the commissioners were elected by ballot.委员是无记名投票选出的。 27. he won 54 per cent of the ballot.他获得了投票总数的54％。 28. the union is preparing to ballot its members on further industrial action.工会正准备举行秘密投票了解成员对下一步劳工行动的意见。 29. [with infinitive]ambulance crews balloted unanimously to reject the deal.所有救护人员一致投票反对那笔交易。 30. The committee are elected by ballot every year.委员会成员每年用无记名投票选出。 31. The union is balloting its members on strike action.工会将在会员中通过无记名投票决定是否采取罢工行动。 32. a paper ballot = (Brit) a ballot paper选票 33. The issue was on the ballot in November. [=people voted to support or oppose the issue in the November election]人们在十一月对这个问题进行了投票表决。 34. I cast my ballot [=voted] for the new candidate.我投了新候选人一票 35. They cast their votes in a secret ballot.他们采用无记名方式投了票。 36. She was elected by secret ballot.她是通过无记名投票选举出来的。 37. He won 65 percent of the ballot. [=vote]他赢得了选票总数的65%。 38. He claims that his opponent won by rigging the ballot. [=by rigging the election; by dishonestly controlling the results of the election]他声称其对手是通过操纵投票获胜的 39. Union members were balloted [=polled] about whether to accept the company's offer.工会会员被要求投票决定是否接受公司的提议。