單詞
vote
英 [v??t]
美[vot]
基本信息
- n. 投票，選舉；選票；得票數(shù)
- vt. 提議，使投票；投票決定；公認
- vi. 選舉，投票
- n. (Vote)人名；(英、法)沃特
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?votes;第三人稱單數(shù):?votes;過去式:?voted;過去分詞:?voted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?voting;
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諧音：我投
中文詞源
vote 投票
來自拉丁語votum,莊嚴的承諾，對神的承諾，詞源同vow,devote。后用于指投票。
英文詞源
- vote
- vote: [15] Vote goes back ultimately to Latin vovēre ‘promise solemnly, wish for’. Its past participle was vōtus, which fed directly into English as the verb vote; the noun vote comes from the Latin derivative vōtum. The modern English meaning of the word comes from the notion of expressing one’s ‘wishes’ by means of casting a ballot. ‘Wishing, desiring’ was a secondary semantic development of the Latin verb; its original meaning, ‘promise solemnly’, is preserved in English vow [13], which comes via Anglo-Norman vou from Latin vōtum.
=> vow - vote (v.)
- 1550s, "give a vote to;" 1560s, "enact or establish by vote,"; see vote (n.). Earlier it meant "to vow" to do something (mid-15c.). Related: Voted; voting.
- vote (n.)
- mid-15c., "formal expression of one's wish or choice with regard to a proposal, candidate, etc.," from Latin votum "a vow, wish, promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle of vovere "to promise, dedicate" (see vow (n.)). Meaning "totality of voters of a certain class or type" is from 1888.
雙語例句
- 1. They took a vote and decided not to do it.
- 他們進行了表決，決定放棄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Heck, if you don't like it, don't vote for him.
- 如果你不喜歡，不要投他的票不就得了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.
- 如果他要求太多，工會就會投票撤換他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th.
- 兩院都打算在1月15日前對那一政策進行投票表決。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
- 反對黨領袖已號召人們拒絕投票。
來自柯林斯例句