Definition of ticket in English:

ticket

nounPlural tickets ˈtɪkɪtˈtɪkɪt

1A piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.
票，券；车票；入场券；票证
admission is by ticket only
只能凭票入场。
Example sentencesExamples
- They each handed their tickets to the ticket taker and entered the plane.
- These days the travelers validate their purple tickets or season ticket coupons at automatic turnstiles.
- The airline has announced it would charge travel agents a $55 fee if they requested paper tickets for domestic flights from July 1.
- All season ticket holders managed to get tickets, but many faced lengthy waits.
- The busway tickets are sold in two ways: vouchers for a certain amount of money in the form of a ‘smart card’ and regular tickets for each trip.
- The man came by to check their tickets and their travel permits, but appeared not to be suspicious.
- Raffle tickets for the event are now on sale and admission on the night will be £5.
- Travelers who buy tickets with credit cards can typically get refunds from the credit card company if an airline fails.
- The objective is to stop people passing used public transport tickets to each other.
- Apparently, they were issuing two and three tickets to each season ticket holder and that's why they ran out.
- They let season ticket holders sell tickets they otherwise wouldn't use.
- An all-in ticket costs €60, but you can get tickets for individual events as well.
- Organizers warned yesterday that holders of fraudulent tickets would not be admitted to World Cup events.
- In addition to the movie tickets, he preserves even the entry tickets to all entertainment events like circus and magic shows.
- Although technically open to the public, entry was limited to holders of scarce tickets of admission.
- Early booking of tickets for the event is advisable as tickets are limited.
- However, it is necessary to use a paper ticket for international travel.
- They sign a contract to present one performance of their work in April, and to help sell tickets and publicize the event.
- Festival passes are available for $75 and are exchangeable for tickets to six performance events.
- Most travel agents charge a fee to deliver paper tickets.
Synonyms
pass, warrant, authorization, licence, permit
token, coupon, voucher
carnet, season ticket, rover, complimentary ticket, chit, slip, card, stub, counterfoil
North American rain check
informal comp, ducat
British informal chitty
rare laissez-passer, firman
1. 1.1 A receipt for goods that have been received.
  （货物）收条
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some have a Post Office or bank-like flavour to them, with clerks waiting behind grilles to receive customers' bets and issue tickets as receipts.
  Synonyms
  document, chit, coupon, voucher, certificate, counterfoil, bill, receipt, sales slip, proof of purchase
2. 1.2 A piece of paper or card bought as a way of entering a lottery or raffle.
  the two winning tickets, bought within days of each other, went unclaimed
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tickets for the raffle are on sale locally.
  The chance of winning the lottery with a single ticket have not changed, however; it's still 1 in 14 million.
  A few minutes ago, I stood in a supermarket queue a couple of places behind a woman who bought fifty pounds' worth of lottery tickets on her credit card.
  Anyone who matches the unique Millionaire Raffle number at the bottom of the ticket wins £1 million.
  I had three beers, and bought a couple tickets for a charity raffle.
  I've bought a lottery ticket, so fingers crossed.
  At the grocer's last night I briefly considered buying a lottery ticket - it was clearly a lucky day.
  The unsuspecting holder of a winning Lotto ticket which was bought in west London has just a few days to claim a £3.9m prize.
  Make a chart and list all your fixed and variable expenses, down to your weekly lottery ticket purchases.
  The winning ticket was in his wallet, which was stolen the night before.
  In the morning, I stumbled out to the newsagent to buy a lottery ticket to send my sister for her birthday.
  I've never bought a lottery ticket or a scratch card.
  On a whim, he bought two more lottery tickets in early July of this year.
  Last week, a woman bought and then lost what she says is the winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery which, at the time, was at $150 million or so.
  The committee wish to thank all those who in any way contributed to the proceeds and those who bought tickets for the raffle.
  The raffle tickets were $20 each.
  I had someone on the phone today trying to sell me an $80 raffle ticket to win a new Ferrari.
  The odds are so unfavourable that unless you really liked to take on risks at unfavourable odds why would you ever buy a lottery ticket?
  A couple of weeks ago I bought ten pounds worth of lottery tickets.
  Tickets for the raffle cost £1 per each.
3. 1.3 (in information technology) a request logged on a work tracking system detailing an issue that needs to be addressed or task that must be performed.
  if you have opened a ticket and it's not yet been resolved, there's no need to open a new one
  they closed the ticket without doing anything
  Example sentencesExamples
  Open a ticket in the bug tracker under the category "content defect" and we'll put it in the queue.
  The repair person receives the ticket and resolves the issue and closes the incident when the problem is resolved.
  The ability to work with tickets directly from the admin area would greatly ease its use for managers.
  The system keeps your ticket open and will show a status of "waiting for customer's response".
  I've had a trouble ticket open on this exact issue for the past two weeks.
  Have you opened a ticket with the Help Desk yet?
  The options in this section allow for opening a support ticket, viewing all open tickets, viewing closed tickets (and re-opening them if necessary), searching open and closed support requests, and editing the user profile.
  They acknowledged that I was not getting what I was paying for, and opened a ticket to look into what was going on.
  If you have created a ticket in the member centre and feel that you are happy that we are working on the issue or that the issue has been resolved please close the ticket.
  Currently we have 16 customer tickets open with speed-related issues.
  He determined that the modem and software must be working fine and ok'd the ticket to be closed as a probable issue with the caller's home phone lines.
  I can't help you until you've opened a problem ticket.
4. 1.4ticket to/out of A method of getting into or out of (a specified state or situation)
  达到…目的的方法（或手段、途径）
  drugs are seen as the only ticket out of poverty
  毒品被认为是摆脱贫困的唯一手段。
  companies that appeared to have a one-way ticket to profitability
  似乎只有一条盈利途径的公司。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His charisma bought him a one way ticket to the calypso semi-final and final dozens of times.
  In 1961 being a folk singer was not a ticket to writing celebrity gardening columns.
  Sean's ticket out of the hood was the State Cops.
  This shows that people are hoping that their degree is a ticket to a career of some higher sort.
  It was my ticket to untold riches, until I discovered that like all the best ideas someone had already thought of it.
  Jay's ticket to the big time is his band Archangel, and therein lies his problem.
  Making a profit on the house is his ticket to a better life for his family.
  Yet how could this be anything but a one-way ticket to even worse times?
  Combining moves from more unusual dance methods can be the ticket to standing out in a performance or audition.
  Home ownership is not a one-way ticket to quality street, and it is not for those with low or uncertain incomes.
  In recent weeks Irish theatre on tour has looked like a one-way ticket to financial oblivion.
  The beauty pageant is a ticket out of town for the hopeful girls who participate.
2A certificate or warrant.
证明（书），尤指
1. 2.1 An official notice of a traffic offence.
  （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票
  the officer issued Rhodes a speeding ticket
  Example sentencesExamples
  You give them a warning, it's like a traffic ticket.
  A total of 24 people received tickets for traffic offences.
  I like to think that women get away without traffic tickets more often than men.
  As well as nowhere to park I discovered three traffic wardens eagerly sticking tickets on any and every car that had attempted to park where they could.
  Now even a local police officer writing a traffic ticket can determine that a violator is subject to a deportation order and presumably make an arrest.
  Ideally, punishment for marijuana-related offences would be similar to a traffic ticket, or an open alcohol offence.
  It also leads me to realize that many motorists here have no regard for the law, and are in full realization that failure to pay a traffic ticket fine will not bring you a penalty, at least not too soon anyway.
  Endorsable tickets for offences such as speeding and passing red lights, lead to three points on your licence and a £60 fine.
  The fact of the matter is that the police see a range of policing as important to reduce crime, including the issuing of tickets for traffic offences.
  Our current fines, applied after many warnings, are so small they amount to a traffic ticket.
  If you owe child support or have outstanding traffic tickets, the guards, theoretically, will know.
  Still, the news came at a bad time: Esteban was trying to pay off traffic tickets and send money back to his family in Veracruz.
  The provincial government is increasing fines and penalties for provincial offences, including speeding tickets, as of August 1st.
  Over-zealous traffic wardens have slapped tickets on two Radcliffe traders outside their own shops, even though they were unloading stock.
  They wrote out 35 tickets for other offences across the weekend.
  The highest fine that was listed on the ticket was for eight dollars.
  Nearby, a business called Latin American Services promises help with plane fares, income tax forms, and traffic tickets.
  The next thing I knew, a traffic ticket was on the windshield of that car, and the blond-haired woman who owned the car came out a few hours later to see it.
  Everyone looks to take advantage of every loophole available when paying taxes, paying a traffic ticket, appearing for jury duty or whatever.
  And if you owe money for traffic tickets, we could track you down.
  You know, a traffic ticket was what she really was responsible for, and she ended up going to prison for committing a felony.
  Synonyms
  notice, notification, warning, certificate
2. 2.2 A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
  （船员、飞行员等的）执照
  Example sentencesExamples
  It held that the exculpatory clause in Russells pilot ticket, which is standard in the maritime industry, effectively barred claims against him for simple negligence.
  He went to work for the Northern Steamship Company and obtained his master's ticket in 1946.
3. 2.3British A certificate of discharge from the army.
  〈英〉退役证书
3A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details.
（货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条
Example sentencesExamples
- They have price tickets and bar codes attached.
- Shipped in a large container from somewhere in the Far East or Eastern Europe, the label and the price ticket will probably have been added in a sweatshop in the north of England.
Synonyms
label, tag, sticker, slip, tally, tab, marker, docket
4North American in singular A list of candidates put forward by a party in an election.
〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单
his presence on the Republican ticket
他被列入共和党候选人名单。
Example sentencesExamples
- I was hoping there'd be an antiwar candidate on the ticket and was disappointed when Kerry picked Edwards.
- But I don't get to vote for a fantasy ticket; I have to choose between the candidates selected for me.
- But what about boosting the ticket before the elections?
- Mr Lane said that by the whole district voting the temptation was there not to put two strong female candidates on the ticket.
- Even Republican Jews are praising Gore's choice of Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and the first Jew to run on the national ticket of a major party.
- But I do want to encourage people to shake up university politics by not voting in a full ticket of candidates, which has happened in the last several elections.
- On Sunday in the Sligo Park Hotel, they will select three candidates on the party ticket.
- Now there's another story, which is Lieberman, the first Jewish candidate, Orthodox Jewish candidate on a national ticket.
- No candidates running in Iowa in the past 30 years joined together on the Democratic ticket in the election.
- All three believe it is imperative that a candidate from this region is on the party ticket come the next General Election.
- It helped Cr Gates defeat Cr Irwin on preferences and ensured the other members of his ticket, Crs John Hampton and Brian Suffolk, were elected.
- Rather than seeking that co-option in September last, Phyllis was selected as a second candidate on the ticket in an effort to take a second seat.
- Flannery would be a good candidate on any party ticket and will put in a strong campaign over the coming weeks.
- For this reason, parties seek to ensure that their own voters follow the party ticket and transfer their votes to another candidate of the same party.
- If four candidates on a single ticket were all to get into Legco they would require the support of nearly the entire constituency.
- The Dems already have someone, but any party who has any candidate on the ticket is eligible if they don't already have a rep.
- She will never win a place on a national Republican ticket as a candidate for president or vice president.
- The vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket is the attack dog.
- Not wanting to run on the same ticket as the LaRouche candidates, Stevenson was listed on the ballot as an independent that year.
- On December 1, both parties announced they will be fielding a joint ticket of candidates under the name of the Kurdish Unity List.
1. 4.1 A set of principles or policies supported by a party in an election.
  〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单
  he stood for office on a strong right-wing, no-nonsense ticket
  他以强硬的右翼主张和务实的作风主政。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I believe that we have been effective champions of our ticket's policies and principles, and that we have achieved much both locally and across the city.
  The team is expected to lobby several political parties in a bid to win their support for the ticket in the runoff, he said.
  It raises the prospect of the Lib Dems going into the election on a ticket backing extra powers for the Parliament, putting at odds with Labour.
  These numbers suggest that a coalition of Islamic parties supporting a single ticket could have won the presidency.
  Alan Jones is an old mate of Turnbull's and naturally supports the ticket and the new constitution.
  Progress fought the election on an anti-immigrant ticket.
  Are there candidates on the anti-globalisation ticket, then, Tony?
  The concept of going forward with a unity ticket that was bipartisan was always something that we had on the table.
  If he's wrong, the only way he'll win their support is through a very-big ticket policy that Green groups believe is worth it.
  Earl F. Dodge has run for President on the Prohibition ticket in every election since 1984.
  People are getting no satisfaction and they are strongly considering having somebody stand in the May elections on a ticket of keeping the school open.
  Mr Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, calculated that he didn't need to add foreign policy heft to the ticket.
  Yet the war shapes other campaigns too, and if Dean falters then there is another candidate on the anti-war ticket: General Wesley Clark.
  I would like to vote, this year or sometime, for a ticket and a party that is pro-life, pro-family, and pro-poor.
  The party won a resounding victory at the parliamentary elections on a ticket of law and order, and tax cuts.
  The Iraqi Shias have produced a unity ticket for the elections under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leading Iraqi Shia cleric.
  The ‘unity’ of the presidential ticket rarely survived the election.
  Just ahead, the Democratic ticket is official, and the game is underway.
  So I think that most of these people are just being given this as a reward for basically soldiering on and supporting the ticket.
  In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power on an election ticket of uncompromising Islamism, the cabal of conservative mullahs have a president to their liking.
5the ticketinformal The desirable or correct thing.
〈非正式〉恰好的事情；所需的东西
a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden
湿润的春天对这个花园正合适。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes, procrastination is just the ticket.
- Ginkgo may be just the ticket, but not all mountaineers are rushing to the supermarket.
- Given the choices, I'd say the pickup truck is just the ticket.
- With prices from just £46 a person per night in luxury, family-run B&Bs, a break with Carolina Vacations could be just the ticket.
- Let's get married in a cow field, that's the ticket.
- Hey, that's the ticket: a prime-time presidential address.
- You and Owen stand in front of me Margaret, so you'll both see better, that's the ticket.
- A tram stop planned for the £300M Kingsway Business Park would have been just the ticket for the 7,000 plus workers expected to find jobs there.
- Except for all the driving, Idaho was just the ticket for a nice vacation.
- Both Hyundai vehicles will be just the ticket for transporting the couple's two children, Austin and Phoebe.
- A heart-to-heart may be just the ticket for forging a better bond with a busy or stressed-out mom.
- Preserve things just as they are, that's the ticket.
- The rectangular lake looked a bit murky, and the spray from the fountain was quite fierce, but cooling off with a paddle in the cascade seemed just the ticket.
- So a good romp at the close of 2003 was just the ticket.
- Once I read his article, I slapped myself in the head and thought ‘Oh my God, that's the ticket!’
- Spin it, talk it up, smear and talk down critics - that's the ticket.
- Show me handing over that cheque for a billion new health dollars to some disabled kid, that's the ticket.
- Yeah, that's the ticket, deliver two months ahead of schedule.
- Warm woolly sheepskinned lined slippers sounded just the ticket.
- For any male Jewish-born atheist, misogynist, egoist out there, this book is just the ticket.
6Scottish US informal with adjective A person of a specified kind.
〈苏格兰，美，非正式〉…人，…家伙
I think you're all a bunch of sick tickets
我看你们都是一群病号。

verbtickets, ticketed, ticketing ˈtɪkɪtˈtɪkɪt

[with object]

1Issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence.
（交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票
park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed
乱停车你会被开罚单。
Example sentencesExamples
- On the incident report for Lodge's citation, it was noted the police did not use force while ticketing him and that he did not receive medical treatment.
- During similar cycling safety campaigns by the police force, cyclists have complained that police focus more on ticketing cyclists than drivers.
- On a typical day he might start the morning with a walk around Pickering, ticketing tourists, before zipping across to scour Helmsley.
- He replies, ‘I am wondering if I should ticket you, or let you off with a warning.’
- Traffic wardens were powerless to ticket him because the law says penalties cannot be given out if the lines are obscured.
- Another important rule is that they can't ticket you while you're in the drivers seat of your car, or at your vehicle.
- The driver was duly ticketed, then the traffic warden flew home, presumably satisfied with his busman's holiday.
- It's been brewing for more than a year, this public resentment of the rapacity of police ticketing for traffic offences.
- And hovering over them all is the constant threat of the police, who ticket the men tirelessly, leading to hundreds of dollars in fines and repeated stays in jail.
- He said that the police did not ticket the presidential guard but only reported the incident to his superior.
- If the cops camped out at the corner of Spadina and College, they could cover the costs of their salaries by ticketing bike-lane parkers.
- And don't tell me about the $200 speeding ticket you got doing 165 on the freeway.
- A police officer noticed the passenger had no legs and ticketed the man to the tune of about $350.
- Should we be surprised, in the light of recent revelations and allegations, that there is growing scepticism towards explanations by the police as to why they are out there ticketing motorists?
- I hope the next cop who tickets me looks just like that, fishnet stockings and all!
- A police officer witnessed this blatant disregard for the law and attempted to ticket the student for jaywalking.
- If you treat the officer respectfully and roll over, there is no need for him to ticket you to win an argument.
- Some baiters were reassigned to a ‘Dumpster Task Force’ to ticket people for leaving garbage out.
- In Westmount, they ticket you for idling in a car for four minutes.
- Wardens are told to ticket a distraught woman whose car has broken down.
2be ticketed(of a passenger) be issued with a travel ticket.
（游客）获发门票
passengers can now get electronically ticketed
旅客现在可以拿到电子门票。
Example sentencesExamples
- It cost the airline $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers on rival airlines or in hired planes.
- Those who made it on the ill-fated planes were ticketed passengers but some apparently used aliases, officials said.
- Most airlines showed sensitivity in waiving change fees for ticketed passengers on London-bound flights immediately following the terrorist attacks.
- His last name matches that of a passenger who was ticketed to board flight 68 but did not show up, the officials said.
- Over the same period, the 13 other airlines tracked by the Transportation Department displaced 412, 447 ticketed passengers voluntarily or against their will.
- After another long wait during which the check-in agent kept refreshing his screen every two minutes they did ticket me and I did get the earlier flight.
- During the four-day Easter holiday, the airline had to pay out $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers in hired planes or rival airlines.
- There are two different ways to travel: either through ticketed travel or ticketless travel.
- All Mileage Plus award reservations on Mexicana must be booked and ticketed by Dec. 31, and travel must be completed by March 31.
1. 2.1North American Be destined for a specified state or position.
  〈美〉注定
  they were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness
  他们相信唐宁注定是个了不起的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Additionally, Fong noted, the USDA vet failed to eartag the animal, a required procedure, after it was ticketed for further testing.
  Also ticketed for EU sanctions are fresh apples, pears, and rice from the US.
  Before he injured his knee in camp, Navies was ticketed for the starting job on the strong side.
  Deen Grant, who missed his rookie season because of a hip injury, appears to be ticketed for the free safety job.
  Overall, he was 2-2 - 1 in 1999-2000 and ticketed for a backup role this season before Shields' injury.
  A number of the older buildings downtown have been ticketed for renovation and artists have begun to drift in, lured by low rents.
  They could use a quarterback because Trent Dilfer is ticketed as their starter.
  Some Indians officials fear Ramirez is ticketed for one of the New York teams.
  Connie Nielsen is miscast as the femme fatale (originally, the role was ticketed for Monica Bellucci).
  The animal was then ticketed for rendering and subsequently very quickly disappeared.
3be ticketed(of a retail product) be marked with a label giving its price, size, and other details.
（货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条
the sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars
Example sentencesExamples
- If the scanned price of a ticketed item is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the lower price.
- When I found my VCD player, I was offered a 9 percent discount after my first show of negativity regarding the ticketed price.
- We are committed to partnering with those vendors willing to ship ticketed merchandise.
- Radio Frequency (RF) labels provide well ticketed products that stimulate impulse buying and can increase sales dramatically.

Phrases

be tickets

informal Be the end.
〈南非，非正式〉死路一条，完蛋
if that man talks to the police, it's tickets for him
如果那人向警察告发的话，那他就没命了。

have tickets on oneself

informal Be excessively proud of oneself.
〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉自高自大，自负
she dressed me up fit to kill and I must confess I had a few tickets on myself as I walked
Example sentencesExamples
- Here's a star centre who, unlike many in the Auckland and Canterbury teams, doesn't have tickets on himself.
- Mariah, you might have noticed, has tickets on herself.
- Some people have tickets on themselves; other people just sniff and say ‘if you need to ask, you couldn't afford me.’
- Oooh, he certainly has tickets on himself, doesn't he?
- His girlfriend has married his brother, the affable local copper (Andrew S Gilbert), and everyone is suspicious about why the bloke who always had tickets on himself is back.

punch one's ticket

1informal Deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work.
〈美，非正式〉有意承担能让自己升职的任务
Giles had punched his ticket at all the right stops within the journal
Example sentencesExamples
- Johannesburg kept his record perfect and punched his ticket for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile later this month.
- After a mediocre regular season saw them finish at 12-8, the Golden Bears ripped off an impressive post-season run to punch their ticket for the big dance with the Canada West championship.
- He had punched his ticket as a climbing Sherpa, but the next challenge was to make his mark on Everest.
- He punched his ticket to the classics with a 3 3/4-length win in the Arkansas Derby but was eased three weeks later in the Kentucky Derby.
- The Cardinals have a manager who has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame; the Astros have one who finally has proved what he can do when he has enough good players.
- Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team.
- The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the play-offs.
- That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05.
- War Chant punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby when he won the San Rafael Stakes and was second in the Santa Anita Derby.
- Reba's Gold punched his ticket to Japan with a win in the Steinlen Handicap on November 10.
1. 1.1(in sport) ensure one's progress to a further contest or tournament.
  （体育用语）获得晋级资格，拿到下一轮比赛的入场券
  in scoring 13 points, they punched their ticket to the Super Bowl in Jacksonville
  得了13分，他们就稳获参加在杰克逊维尔举行的超级碗的入场券。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At 39, he probably has punched his ticket to Cooperstown with a résumé that includes 2,639 hits, 564 doubles and 1,603 runs.
  The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the playoffs.
  That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05.
  Last year the Saints had to sneak into the B.C.s via the back-door but would rather punch their ticket more easily this time out.
  I find it to be a filthy and disgusting act, and ultimately a way for people to punch their ticket for an eternity in hell.
  Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team.
  Well, the Democrats finally punched their ticket and surprise, surprise, it's the Johns: Kerry and Edwards.
  These are the kinds of things that would punch my ticket to either the Puget Sound or Silicon Valley.
  If the season hasn't already punched his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y., then a third MVP Award certainly would guarantee his place in the Hall of Fame.
  Folklore did not waffle in her response, delivering a 14-length knockout of six other rivals to punch her ticket to the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies on Saturday.

write one's (own) ticket

informal Dictate one's own terms.
〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程
a woman with a PhD in engineering could write her own ticket at any Canadian school
Example sentencesExamples
- They have such awesome purchasing power that they write their own ticket.
- They are the rare exceptions who were able to write their own ticket!
- I'm hoping to have a good year and write my own ticket, pave my own way next year.
- Following his successful career as a stand-up comedian and a stint on Saturday Night Live, Murphy practically wrote his own ticket for success.
- He'd been in Recruitment for a while now, everyone in-house knew it was the fast-track, if you did well you could write your own ticket to a good position anywhere.
- After a decade of being able to practically write their own ticket, American workers have found they are no longer in the driver's seat.
- It seems the porky guard's brother-in-law can pull strings on the parole board, and good boxers can write their ticket to an early parole.
- I believe that you write your own ticket, and that you prepare yourself for the kind of life you want to lead (whether or not you ultimately live up to that, is also your choice).
- It will not take artists long to determine that they can write their own ticket in this world and eventually restructure their contracts with their record companies to give them more money per download.
- She continues, ‘A minority with the above credentials can write their own ticket.’

Origin

Early 16th century (in the general senses 'short written note' and 'a licence or permit'): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier 'to fix', from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette.

This is a shortening of an Old French word estiquette, which is also the origin of etiquette. A ticket was originally a ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’— the use for a piece of paper or card giving admission or permission to travel dates from the late 17th century.

Rhymes

cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, wicket

Definition of ticket in US English:

ticket

nounˈtikitˈtɪkɪt

1A piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event.
票，券；车票；入场券；票证
admission is by ticket only
只能凭票入场。
Example sentencesExamples
- Early booking of tickets for the event is advisable as tickets are limited.
- The airline has announced it would charge travel agents a $55 fee if they requested paper tickets for domestic flights from July 1.
- They sign a contract to present one performance of their work in April, and to help sell tickets and publicize the event.
- All season ticket holders managed to get tickets, but many faced lengthy waits.
- These days the travelers validate their purple tickets or season ticket coupons at automatic turnstiles.
- Most travel agents charge a fee to deliver paper tickets.
- The busway tickets are sold in two ways: vouchers for a certain amount of money in the form of a ‘smart card’ and regular tickets for each trip.
- Travelers who buy tickets with credit cards can typically get refunds from the credit card company if an airline fails.
- However, it is necessary to use a paper ticket for international travel.
- The man came by to check their tickets and their travel permits, but appeared not to be suspicious.
- They each handed their tickets to the ticket taker and entered the plane.
- The objective is to stop people passing used public transport tickets to each other.
- Raffle tickets for the event are now on sale and admission on the night will be £5.
- Festival passes are available for $75 and are exchangeable for tickets to six performance events.
- In addition to the movie tickets, he preserves even the entry tickets to all entertainment events like circus and magic shows.
- They let season ticket holders sell tickets they otherwise wouldn't use.
- Organizers warned yesterday that holders of fraudulent tickets would not be admitted to World Cup events.
- Although technically open to the public, entry was limited to holders of scarce tickets of admission.
- Apparently, they were issuing two and three tickets to each season ticket holder and that's why they ran out.
- An all-in ticket costs €60, but you can get tickets for individual events as well.
Synonyms
pass, warrant, authorization, licence, permit
1. 1.1 A piece of paper or card bought as a way of entering a lottery or raffle.
  the winning ticket was bought in Anaheim, California
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the grocer's last night I briefly considered buying a lottery ticket - it was clearly a lucky day.
  The winning ticket was in his wallet, which was stolen the night before.
  The chance of winning the lottery with a single ticket have not changed, however; it's still 1 in 14 million.
  In the morning, I stumbled out to the newsagent to buy a lottery ticket to send my sister for her birthday.
  Tickets for the raffle are on sale locally.
  The committee wish to thank all those who in any way contributed to the proceeds and those who bought tickets for the raffle.
  The unsuspecting holder of a winning Lotto ticket which was bought in west London has just a few days to claim a £3.9m prize.
  I've bought a lottery ticket, so fingers crossed.
  A couple of weeks ago I bought ten pounds worth of lottery tickets.
  On a whim, he bought two more lottery tickets in early July of this year.
  Tickets for the raffle cost £1 per each.
  I've never bought a lottery ticket or a scratch card.
  A few minutes ago, I stood in a supermarket queue a couple of places behind a woman who bought fifty pounds' worth of lottery tickets on her credit card.
  I had three beers, and bought a couple tickets for a charity raffle.
  The odds are so unfavourable that unless you really liked to take on risks at unfavourable odds why would you ever buy a lottery ticket?
  The raffle tickets were $20 each.
  Last week, a woman bought and then lost what she says is the winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery which, at the time, was at $150 million or so.
  Make a chart and list all your fixed and variable expenses, down to your weekly lottery ticket purchases.
  I had someone on the phone today trying to sell me an $80 raffle ticket to win a new Ferrari.
  Anyone who matches the unique Millionaire Raffle number at the bottom of the ticket wins £1 million.
2. 1.2 (in information technology) a request logged on a work tracking system detailing an issue that needs to be addressed or task that must be performed.
  if you have opened a ticket and it's not yet been resolved, there's no need to open a new one
  they closed the ticket without doing anything
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've had a trouble ticket open on this exact issue for the past two weeks.
  They acknowledged that I was not getting what I was paying for, and opened a ticket to look into what was going on.
  The repair person receives the ticket and resolves the issue and closes the incident when the problem is resolved.
  The system keeps your ticket open and will show a status of "waiting for customer's response".
  I can't help you until you've opened a problem ticket.
  Currently we have 16 customer tickets open with speed-related issues.
  The ability to work with tickets directly from the admin area would greatly ease its use for managers.
  The options in this section allow for opening a support ticket, viewing all open tickets, viewing closed tickets (and re-opening them if necessary), searching open and closed support requests, and editing the user profile.
  If you have created a ticket in the member centre and feel that you are happy that we are working on the issue or that the issue has been resolved please close the ticket.
  He determined that the modem and software must be working fine and ok'd the ticket to be closed as a probable issue with the caller's home phone lines.
  Open a ticket in the bug tracker under the category "content defect" and we'll put it in the queue.
  Have you opened a ticket with the Help Desk yet?
3. 1.3ticket to/out of A method of getting into or out of (a specified state or situation)
  达到…目的的方法（或手段、途径）
  drugs are seen as the only ticket out of poverty
  毒品被认为是摆脱贫困的唯一手段。
  companies that appeared to have a one-way ticket to profitability
  似乎只有一条盈利途径的公司。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sean's ticket out of the hood was the State Cops.
  Home ownership is not a one-way ticket to quality street, and it is not for those with low or uncertain incomes.
  It was my ticket to untold riches, until I discovered that like all the best ideas someone had already thought of it.
  Combining moves from more unusual dance methods can be the ticket to standing out in a performance or audition.
  This shows that people are hoping that their degree is a ticket to a career of some higher sort.
  In recent weeks Irish theatre on tour has looked like a one-way ticket to financial oblivion.
  Jay's ticket to the big time is his band Archangel, and therein lies his problem.
  His charisma bought him a one way ticket to the calypso semi-final and final dozens of times.
  In 1961 being a folk singer was not a ticket to writing celebrity gardening columns.
  Making a profit on the house is his ticket to a better life for his family.
  Yet how could this be anything but a one-way ticket to even worse times?
  The beauty pageant is a ticket out of town for the hopeful girls who participate.
2A certificate or warrant.
证明（书），尤指
1. 2.1 An official notice of a traffic offense.
  （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票
  Example sentencesExamples
  I like to think that women get away without traffic tickets more often than men.
  You give them a warning, it's like a traffic ticket.
  Nearby, a business called Latin American Services promises help with plane fares, income tax forms, and traffic tickets.
  It also leads me to realize that many motorists here have no regard for the law, and are in full realization that failure to pay a traffic ticket fine will not bring you a penalty, at least not too soon anyway.
  As well as nowhere to park I discovered three traffic wardens eagerly sticking tickets on any and every car that had attempted to park where they could.
  Still, the news came at a bad time: Esteban was trying to pay off traffic tickets and send money back to his family in Veracruz.
  Endorsable tickets for offences such as speeding and passing red lights, lead to three points on your licence and a £60 fine.
  Everyone looks to take advantage of every loophole available when paying taxes, paying a traffic ticket, appearing for jury duty or whatever.
  The fact of the matter is that the police see a range of policing as important to reduce crime, including the issuing of tickets for traffic offences.
  The provincial government is increasing fines and penalties for provincial offences, including speeding tickets, as of August 1st.
  The next thing I knew, a traffic ticket was on the windshield of that car, and the blond-haired woman who owned the car came out a few hours later to see it.
  If you owe child support or have outstanding traffic tickets, the guards, theoretically, will know.
  You know, a traffic ticket was what she really was responsible for, and she ended up going to prison for committing a felony.
  Now even a local police officer writing a traffic ticket can determine that a violator is subject to a deportation order and presumably make an arrest.
  Ideally, punishment for marijuana-related offences would be similar to a traffic ticket, or an open alcohol offence.
  Our current fines, applied after many warnings, are so small they amount to a traffic ticket.
  And if you owe money for traffic tickets, we could track you down.
  The highest fine that was listed on the ticket was for eight dollars.
  A total of 24 people received tickets for traffic offences.
  They wrote out 35 tickets for other offences across the weekend.
  Over-zealous traffic wardens have slapped tickets on two Radcliffe traders outside their own shops, even though they were unloading stock.
  Synonyms
  notice, notification, warning, certificate
2. 2.2 A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
  （船员、飞行员等的）执照
  Example sentencesExamples
  It held that the exculpatory clause in Russells pilot ticket, which is standard in the maritime industry, effectively barred claims against him for simple negligence.
  He went to work for the Northern Steamship Company and obtained his master's ticket in 1946.
3A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details.
（货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条
Example sentencesExamples
- They have price tickets and bar codes attached.
- Shipped in a large container from somewhere in the Far East or Eastern Europe, the label and the price ticket will probably have been added in a sweatshop in the north of England.
Synonyms
label, tag, sticker, slip, tally, tab, marker, docket
4North American in singular A list of candidates put forward by a party in an election.
〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单
his presence on the Republican ticket
他被列入共和党候选人名单。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now there's another story, which is Lieberman, the first Jewish candidate, Orthodox Jewish candidate on a national ticket.
- Even Republican Jews are praising Gore's choice of Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and the first Jew to run on the national ticket of a major party.
- For this reason, parties seek to ensure that their own voters follow the party ticket and transfer their votes to another candidate of the same party.
- On Sunday in the Sligo Park Hotel, they will select three candidates on the party ticket.
- The Dems already have someone, but any party who has any candidate on the ticket is eligible if they don't already have a rep.
- If four candidates on a single ticket were all to get into Legco they would require the support of nearly the entire constituency.
- I was hoping there'd be an antiwar candidate on the ticket and was disappointed when Kerry picked Edwards.
- On December 1, both parties announced they will be fielding a joint ticket of candidates under the name of the Kurdish Unity List.
- Flannery would be a good candidate on any party ticket and will put in a strong campaign over the coming weeks.
- It helped Cr Gates defeat Cr Irwin on preferences and ensured the other members of his ticket, Crs John Hampton and Brian Suffolk, were elected.
- Mr Lane said that by the whole district voting the temptation was there not to put two strong female candidates on the ticket.
- But what about boosting the ticket before the elections?
- All three believe it is imperative that a candidate from this region is on the party ticket come the next General Election.
- The vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket is the attack dog.
- No candidates running in Iowa in the past 30 years joined together on the Democratic ticket in the election.
- Rather than seeking that co-option in September last, Phyllis was selected as a second candidate on the ticket in an effort to take a second seat.
- Not wanting to run on the same ticket as the LaRouche candidates, Stevenson was listed on the ballot as an independent that year.
- She will never win a place on a national Republican ticket as a candidate for president or vice president.
- But I don't get to vote for a fantasy ticket; I have to choose between the candidates selected for me.
- But I do want to encourage people to shake up university politics by not voting in a full ticket of candidates, which has happened in the last several elections.
1. 4.1 A set of principles or policies supported by a party in an election.
  〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单
  he stood for office on a strong right-wing, no-nonsense ticket
  他以强硬的右翼主张和务实的作风主政。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Earl F. Dodge has run for President on the Prohibition ticket in every election since 1984.
  The Iraqi Shias have produced a unity ticket for the elections under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leading Iraqi Shia cleric.
  Are there candidates on the anti-globalisation ticket, then, Tony?
  I believe that we have been effective champions of our ticket's policies and principles, and that we have achieved much both locally and across the city.
  The party won a resounding victory at the parliamentary elections on a ticket of law and order, and tax cuts.
  Progress fought the election on an anti-immigrant ticket.
  The concept of going forward with a unity ticket that was bipartisan was always something that we had on the table.
  Yet the war shapes other campaigns too, and if Dean falters then there is another candidate on the anti-war ticket: General Wesley Clark.
  People are getting no satisfaction and they are strongly considering having somebody stand in the May elections on a ticket of keeping the school open.
  Just ahead, the Democratic ticket is official, and the game is underway.
  Mr Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, calculated that he didn't need to add foreign policy heft to the ticket.
  Alan Jones is an old mate of Turnbull's and naturally supports the ticket and the new constitution.
  It raises the prospect of the Lib Dems going into the election on a ticket backing extra powers for the Parliament, putting at odds with Labour.
  If he's wrong, the only way he'll win their support is through a very-big ticket policy that Green groups believe is worth it.
  These numbers suggest that a coalition of Islamic parties supporting a single ticket could have won the presidency.
  So I think that most of these people are just being given this as a reward for basically soldiering on and supporting the ticket.
  In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power on an election ticket of uncompromising Islamism, the cabal of conservative mullahs have a president to their liking.
  The ‘unity’ of the presidential ticket rarely survived the election.
  I would like to vote, this year or sometime, for a ticket and a party that is pro-life, pro-family, and pro-poor.
  The team is expected to lobby several political parties in a bid to win their support for the ticket in the runoff, he said.
5the ticketinformal The desirable or correct thing.
〈非正式〉恰好的事情；所需的东西
a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden
湿润的春天对这个花园正合适。
Example sentencesExamples
- The rectangular lake looked a bit murky, and the spray from the fountain was quite fierce, but cooling off with a paddle in the cascade seemed just the ticket.
- Let's get married in a cow field, that's the ticket.
- Given the choices, I'd say the pickup truck is just the ticket.
- Ginkgo may be just the ticket, but not all mountaineers are rushing to the supermarket.
- A tram stop planned for the £300M Kingsway Business Park would have been just the ticket for the 7,000 plus workers expected to find jobs there.
- Once I read his article, I slapped myself in the head and thought ‘Oh my God, that's the ticket!’
- So a good romp at the close of 2003 was just the ticket.
- For any male Jewish-born atheist, misogynist, egoist out there, this book is just the ticket.
- With prices from just £46 a person per night in luxury, family-run B&Bs, a break with Carolina Vacations could be just the ticket.
- Yeah, that's the ticket, deliver two months ahead of schedule.
- Warm woolly sheepskinned lined slippers sounded just the ticket.
- Hey, that's the ticket: a prime-time presidential address.
- Both Hyundai vehicles will be just the ticket for transporting the couple's two children, Austin and Phoebe.
- Except for all the driving, Idaho was just the ticket for a nice vacation.
- A heart-to-heart may be just the ticket for forging a better bond with a busy or stressed-out mom.
- Spin it, talk it up, smear and talk down critics - that's the ticket.
- You and Owen stand in front of me Margaret, so you'll both see better, that's the ticket.
- Sometimes, procrastination is just the ticket.
- Preserve things just as they are, that's the ticket.
- Show me handing over that cheque for a billion new health dollars to some disabled kid, that's the ticket.

verbˈtikitˈtɪkɪt

[with object]

1Issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offense.
（交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票
park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed
乱停车你会被开罚单。
Example sentencesExamples
- Wardens are told to ticket a distraught woman whose car has broken down.
- I hope the next cop who tickets me looks just like that, fishnet stockings and all!
- On the incident report for Lodge's citation, it was noted the police did not use force while ticketing him and that he did not receive medical treatment.
- A police officer noticed the passenger had no legs and ticketed the man to the tune of about $350.
- A police officer witnessed this blatant disregard for the law and attempted to ticket the student for jaywalking.
- Another important rule is that they can't ticket you while you're in the drivers seat of your car, or at your vehicle.
- If the cops camped out at the corner of Spadina and College, they could cover the costs of their salaries by ticketing bike-lane parkers.
- On a typical day he might start the morning with a walk around Pickering, ticketing tourists, before zipping across to scour Helmsley.
- Traffic wardens were powerless to ticket him because the law says penalties cannot be given out if the lines are obscured.
- The driver was duly ticketed, then the traffic warden flew home, presumably satisfied with his busman's holiday.
- And hovering over them all is the constant threat of the police, who ticket the men tirelessly, leading to hundreds of dollars in fines and repeated stays in jail.
- Should we be surprised, in the light of recent revelations and allegations, that there is growing scepticism towards explanations by the police as to why they are out there ticketing motorists?
- It's been brewing for more than a year, this public resentment of the rapacity of police ticketing for traffic offences.
- In Westmount, they ticket you for idling in a car for four minutes.
- He said that the police did not ticket the presidential guard but only reported the incident to his superior.
- During similar cycling safety campaigns by the police force, cyclists have complained that police focus more on ticketing cyclists than drivers.
- Some baiters were reassigned to a ‘Dumpster Task Force’ to ticket people for leaving garbage out.
- And don't tell me about the $200 speeding ticket you got doing 165 on the freeway.
- If you treat the officer respectfully and roll over, there is no need for him to ticket you to win an argument.
- He replies, ‘I am wondering if I should ticket you, or let you off with a warning.’
2be ticketed(of a passenger) be issued with a travel ticket.
（游客）获发门票
passengers can now get electronically ticketed
旅客现在可以拿到电子门票。
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the same period, the 13 other airlines tracked by the Transportation Department displaced 412, 447 ticketed passengers voluntarily or against their will.
- There are two different ways to travel: either through ticketed travel or ticketless travel.
- After another long wait during which the check-in agent kept refreshing his screen every two minutes they did ticket me and I did get the earlier flight.
- Most airlines showed sensitivity in waiving change fees for ticketed passengers on London-bound flights immediately following the terrorist attacks.
- During the four-day Easter holiday, the airline had to pay out $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers in hired planes or rival airlines.
- It cost the airline $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers on rival airlines or in hired planes.
- All Mileage Plus award reservations on Mexicana must be booked and ticketed by Dec. 31, and travel must be completed by March 31.
- His last name matches that of a passenger who was ticketed to board flight 68 but did not show up, the officials said.
- Those who made it on the ill-fated planes were ticketed passengers but some apparently used aliases, officials said.
1. 2.1North American Be destined or heading for a specified state or position.
  〈美〉注定
  they were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness
  他们相信唐宁注定是个了不起的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The animal was then ticketed for rendering and subsequently very quickly disappeared.
  Connie Nielsen is miscast as the femme fatale (originally, the role was ticketed for Monica Bellucci).
  Before he injured his knee in camp, Navies was ticketed for the starting job on the strong side.
  Also ticketed for EU sanctions are fresh apples, pears, and rice from the US.
  Additionally, Fong noted, the USDA vet failed to eartag the animal, a required procedure, after it was ticketed for further testing.
  Overall, he was 2-2 - 1 in 1999-2000 and ticketed for a backup role this season before Shields' injury.
  A number of the older buildings downtown have been ticketed for renovation and artists have begun to drift in, lured by low rents.
  Some Indians officials fear Ramirez is ticketed for one of the New York teams.
  They could use a quarterback because Trent Dilfer is ticketed as their starter.
  Deen Grant, who missed his rookie season because of a hip injury, appears to be ticketed for the free safety job.
3be ticketed(of a retail product) be marked with a label giving its price, size, and other details.
（货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条
the sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars
Example sentencesExamples
- If the scanned price of a ticketed item is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the lower price.
- We are committed to partnering with those vendors willing to ship ticketed merchandise.
- Radio Frequency (RF) labels provide well ticketed products that stimulate impulse buying and can increase sales dramatically.
- When I found my VCD player, I was offered a 9 percent discount after my first show of negativity regarding the ticketed price.

Phrases

punch one's ticket

1informal Deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work.
〈美，非正式〉有意承担能让自己升职的任务
Example sentencesExamples
- That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05.
- Reba's Gold punched his ticket to Japan with a win in the Steinlen Handicap on November 10.
- Johannesburg kept his record perfect and punched his ticket for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile later this month.
- Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team.
- War Chant punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby when he won the San Rafael Stakes and was second in the Santa Anita Derby.
- He punched his ticket to the classics with a 3 3/4-length win in the Arkansas Derby but was eased three weeks later in the Kentucky Derby.
- The Cardinals have a manager who has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame; the Astros have one who finally has proved what he can do when he has enough good players.
- After a mediocre regular season saw them finish at 12-8, the Golden Bears ripped off an impressive post-season run to punch their ticket for the big dance with the Canada West championship.
- He had punched his ticket as a climbing Sherpa, but the next challenge was to make his mark on Everest.
- The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the play-offs.
1. 1.1(in sports) ensure one's progress to a further contest or tournament.
  （体育用语）获得晋级资格，拿到下一轮比赛的入场券
  in scoring 13 points, they punched their ticket to the Super Bowl in Jacksonville
  得了13分，他们就稳获参加在杰克逊维尔举行的超级碗的入场券。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At 39, he probably has punched his ticket to Cooperstown with a résumé that includes 2,639 hits, 564 doubles and 1,603 runs.
  Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team.
  The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the playoffs.
  That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05.
  I find it to be a filthy and disgusting act, and ultimately a way for people to punch their ticket for an eternity in hell.
  Folklore did not waffle in her response, delivering a 14-length knockout of six other rivals to punch her ticket to the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies on Saturday.
  If the season hasn't already punched his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y., then a third MVP Award certainly would guarantee his place in the Hall of Fame.
  Well, the Democrats finally punched their ticket and surprise, surprise, it's the Johns: Kerry and Edwards.
  Last year the Saints had to sneak into the B.C.s via the back-door but would rather punch their ticket more easily this time out.
  These are the kinds of things that would punch my ticket to either the Puget Sound or Silicon Valley.

write one's (own) ticket
〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程

informal Dictate one's own terms.
〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm hoping to have a good year and write my own ticket, pave my own way next year.
- She continues, ‘A minority with the above credentials can write their own ticket.’
- After a decade of being able to practically write their own ticket, American workers have found they are no longer in the driver's seat.
- They are the rare exceptions who were able to write their own ticket!
- He'd been in Recruitment for a while now, everyone in-house knew it was the fast-track, if you did well you could write your own ticket to a good position anywhere.
- It will not take artists long to determine that they can write their own ticket in this world and eventually restructure their contracts with their record companies to give them more money per download.
- I believe that you write your own ticket, and that you prepare yourself for the kind of life you want to lead (whether or not you ultimately live up to that, is also your choice).
- Following his successful career as a stand-up comedian and a stint on Saturday Night Live, Murphy practically wrote his own ticket for success.
- It seems the porky guard's brother-in-law can pull strings on the parole board, and good boxers can write their ticket to an early parole.
- They have such awesome purchasing power that they write their own ticket.

Origin

Early 16th century (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a license or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette.

单词	ticket
释义	Definition of ticket in English: ticket nounPlural tickets ˈtɪkɪtˈtɪkɪt 1A piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event. 票，券；车票；入场券；票证 admission is by ticket only 只能凭票入场。 Example sentencesExamples They each handed their tickets to the ticket taker and entered the plane. These days the travelers validate their purple tickets or season ticket coupons at automatic turnstiles. The airline has announced it would charge travel agents a $55 fee if they requested paper tickets for domestic flights from July 1. All season ticket holders managed to get tickets, but many faced lengthy waits. The busway tickets are sold in two ways: vouchers for a certain amount of money in the form of a ‘smart card’ and regular tickets for each trip. The man came by to check their tickets and their travel permits, but appeared not to be suspicious. Raffle tickets for the event are now on sale and admission on the night will be £5. Travelers who buy tickets with credit cards can typically get refunds from the credit card company if an airline fails. The objective is to stop people passing used public transport tickets to each other. Apparently, they were issuing two and three tickets to each season ticket holder and that's why they ran out. They let season ticket holders sell tickets they otherwise wouldn't use. An all-in ticket costs €60, but you can get tickets for individual events as well. Organizers warned yesterday that holders of fraudulent tickets would not be admitted to World Cup events. In addition to the movie tickets, he preserves even the entry tickets to all entertainment events like circus and magic shows. Although technically open to the public, entry was limited to holders of scarce tickets of admission. Early booking of tickets for the event is advisable as tickets are limited. However, it is necessary to use a paper ticket for international travel. They sign a contract to present one performance of their work in April, and to help sell tickets and publicize the event. Festival passes are available for $75 and are exchangeable for tickets to six performance events. Most travel agents charge a fee to deliver paper tickets. Synonyms pass, warrant, authorization, licence, permit token, coupon, voucher carnet, season ticket, rover, complimentary ticket, chit, slip, card, stub, counterfoil North American rain check informal comp, ducat British informal chitty rare laissez-passer, firman 1.1 A receipt for goods that have been received. （货物）收条 Example sentencesExamples Some have a Post Office or bank-like flavour to them, with clerks waiting behind grilles to receive customers' bets and issue tickets as receipts. Synonyms document, chit, coupon, voucher, certificate, counterfoil, bill, receipt, sales slip, proof of purchase 1.2 A piece of paper or card bought as a way of entering a lottery or raffle. the two winning tickets, bought within days of each other, went unclaimed Example sentencesExamples Tickets for the raffle are on sale locally. The chance of winning the lottery with a single ticket have not changed, however; it's still 1 in 14 million. A few minutes ago, I stood in a supermarket queue a couple of places behind a woman who bought fifty pounds' worth of lottery tickets on her credit card. Anyone who matches the unique Millionaire Raffle number at the bottom of the ticket wins £1 million. I had three beers, and bought a couple tickets for a charity raffle. I've bought a lottery ticket, so fingers crossed. At the grocer's last night I briefly considered buying a lottery ticket - it was clearly a lucky day. The unsuspecting holder of a winning Lotto ticket which was bought in west London has just a few days to claim a £3.9m prize. Make a chart and list all your fixed and variable expenses, down to your weekly lottery ticket purchases. The winning ticket was in his wallet, which was stolen the night before. In the morning, I stumbled out to the newsagent to buy a lottery ticket to send my sister for her birthday. I've never bought a lottery ticket or a scratch card. On a whim, he bought two more lottery tickets in early July of this year. Last week, a woman bought and then lost what she says is the winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery which, at the time, was at $150 million or so. The committee wish to thank all those who in any way contributed to the proceeds and those who bought tickets for the raffle. The raffle tickets were $20 each. I had someone on the phone today trying to sell me an $80 raffle ticket to win a new Ferrari. The odds are so unfavourable that unless you really liked to take on risks at unfavourable odds why would you ever buy a lottery ticket? A couple of weeks ago I bought ten pounds worth of lottery tickets. Tickets for the raffle cost £1 per each. 1.3 (in information technology) a request logged on a work tracking system detailing an issue that needs to be addressed or task that must be performed. if you have opened a ticket and it's not yet been resolved, there's no need to open a new one they closed the ticket without doing anything Example sentencesExamples Open a ticket in the bug tracker under the category "content defect" and we'll put it in the queue. The repair person receives the ticket and resolves the issue and closes the incident when the problem is resolved. The ability to work with tickets directly from the admin area would greatly ease its use for managers. The system keeps your ticket open and will show a status of "waiting for customer's response". I've had a trouble ticket open on this exact issue for the past two weeks. Have you opened a ticket with the Help Desk yet? The options in this section allow for opening a support ticket, viewing all open tickets, viewing closed tickets (and re-opening them if necessary), searching open and closed support requests, and editing the user profile. They acknowledged that I was not getting what I was paying for, and opened a ticket to look into what was going on. If you have created a ticket in the member centre and feel that you are happy that we are working on the issue or that the issue has been resolved please close the ticket. Currently we have 16 customer tickets open with speed-related issues. He determined that the modem and software must be working fine and ok'd the ticket to be closed as a probable issue with the caller's home phone lines. I can't help you until you've opened a problem ticket. 1.4ticket to/out of A method of getting into or out of (a specified state or situation) 达到…目的的方法（或手段、途径） drugs are seen as the only ticket out of poverty 毒品被认为是摆脱贫困的唯一手段。 companies that appeared to have a one-way ticket to profitability 似乎只有一条盈利途径的公司。 Example sentencesExamples His charisma bought him a one way ticket to the calypso semi-final and final dozens of times. In 1961 being a folk singer was not a ticket to writing celebrity gardening columns. Sean's ticket out of the hood was the State Cops. This shows that people are hoping that their degree is a ticket to a career of some higher sort. It was my ticket to untold riches, until I discovered that like all the best ideas someone had already thought of it. Jay's ticket to the big time is his band Archangel, and therein lies his problem. Making a profit on the house is his ticket to a better life for his family. Yet how could this be anything but a one-way ticket to even worse times? Combining moves from more unusual dance methods can be the ticket to standing out in a performance or audition. Home ownership is not a one-way ticket to quality street, and it is not for those with low or uncertain incomes. In recent weeks Irish theatre on tour has looked like a one-way ticket to financial oblivion. The beauty pageant is a ticket out of town for the hopeful girls who participate. 2A certificate or warrant. 证明（书），尤指 2.1 An official notice of a traffic offence. （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票 the officer issued Rhodes a speeding ticket Example sentencesExamples You give them a warning, it's like a traffic ticket. A total of 24 people received tickets for traffic offences. I like to think that women get away without traffic tickets more often than men. As well as nowhere to park I discovered three traffic wardens eagerly sticking tickets on any and every car that had attempted to park where they could. Now even a local police officer writing a traffic ticket can determine that a violator is subject to a deportation order and presumably make an arrest. Ideally, punishment for marijuana-related offences would be similar to a traffic ticket, or an open alcohol offence. It also leads me to realize that many motorists here have no regard for the law, and are in full realization that failure to pay a traffic ticket fine will not bring you a penalty, at least not too soon anyway. Endorsable tickets for offences such as speeding and passing red lights, lead to three points on your licence and a £60 fine. The fact of the matter is that the police see a range of policing as important to reduce crime, including the issuing of tickets for traffic offences. Our current fines, applied after many warnings, are so small they amount to a traffic ticket. If you owe child support or have outstanding traffic tickets, the guards, theoretically, will know. Still, the news came at a bad time: Esteban was trying to pay off traffic tickets and send money back to his family in Veracruz. The provincial government is increasing fines and penalties for provincial offences, including speeding tickets, as of August 1st. Over-zealous traffic wardens have slapped tickets on two Radcliffe traders outside their own shops, even though they were unloading stock. They wrote out 35 tickets for other offences across the weekend. The highest fine that was listed on the ticket was for eight dollars. Nearby, a business called Latin American Services promises help with plane fares, income tax forms, and traffic tickets. The next thing I knew, a traffic ticket was on the windshield of that car, and the blond-haired woman who owned the car came out a few hours later to see it. Everyone looks to take advantage of every loophole available when paying taxes, paying a traffic ticket, appearing for jury duty or whatever. And if you owe money for traffic tickets, we could track you down. You know, a traffic ticket was what she really was responsible for, and she ended up going to prison for committing a felony. Synonyms notice, notification, warning, certificate 2.2 A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member. （船员、飞行员等的）执照 Example sentencesExamples It held that the exculpatory clause in Russells pilot ticket, which is standard in the maritime industry, effectively barred claims against him for simple negligence. He went to work for the Northern Steamship Company and obtained his master's ticket in 1946. 2.3British A certificate of discharge from the army. 〈英〉退役证书 3A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details. （货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条 Example sentencesExamples They have price tickets and bar codes attached. Shipped in a large container from somewhere in the Far East or Eastern Europe, the label and the price ticket will probably have been added in a sweatshop in the north of England. Synonyms label, tag, sticker, slip, tally, tab, marker, docket 4North American in singular A list of candidates put forward by a party in an election. 〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单 his presence on the Republican ticket 他被列入共和党候选人名单。 Example sentencesExamples I was hoping there'd be an antiwar candidate on the ticket and was disappointed when Kerry picked Edwards. But I don't get to vote for a fantasy ticket; I have to choose between the candidates selected for me. But what about boosting the ticket before the elections? Mr Lane said that by the whole district voting the temptation was there not to put two strong female candidates on the ticket. Even Republican Jews are praising Gore's choice of Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and the first Jew to run on the national ticket of a major party. But I do want to encourage people to shake up university politics by not voting in a full ticket of candidates, which has happened in the last several elections. On Sunday in the Sligo Park Hotel, they will select three candidates on the party ticket. Now there's another story, which is Lieberman, the first Jewish candidate, Orthodox Jewish candidate on a national ticket. No candidates running in Iowa in the past 30 years joined together on the Democratic ticket in the election. All three believe it is imperative that a candidate from this region is on the party ticket come the next General Election. It helped Cr Gates defeat Cr Irwin on preferences and ensured the other members of his ticket, Crs John Hampton and Brian Suffolk, were elected. Rather than seeking that co-option in September last, Phyllis was selected as a second candidate on the ticket in an effort to take a second seat. Flannery would be a good candidate on any party ticket and will put in a strong campaign over the coming weeks. For this reason, parties seek to ensure that their own voters follow the party ticket and transfer their votes to another candidate of the same party. If four candidates on a single ticket were all to get into Legco they would require the support of nearly the entire constituency. The Dems already have someone, but any party who has any candidate on the ticket is eligible if they don't already have a rep. She will never win a place on a national Republican ticket as a candidate for president or vice president. The vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket is the attack dog. Not wanting to run on the same ticket as the LaRouche candidates, Stevenson was listed on the ballot as an independent that year. On December 1, both parties announced they will be fielding a joint ticket of candidates under the name of the Kurdish Unity List. 4.1 A set of principles or policies supported by a party in an election. 〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单 he stood for office on a strong right-wing, no-nonsense ticket 他以强硬的右翼主张和务实的作风主政。 Example sentencesExamples I believe that we have been effective champions of our ticket's policies and principles, and that we have achieved much both locally and across the city. The team is expected to lobby several political parties in a bid to win their support for the ticket in the runoff, he said. It raises the prospect of the Lib Dems going into the election on a ticket backing extra powers for the Parliament, putting at odds with Labour. These numbers suggest that a coalition of Islamic parties supporting a single ticket could have won the presidency. Alan Jones is an old mate of Turnbull's and naturally supports the ticket and the new constitution. Progress fought the election on an anti-immigrant ticket. Are there candidates on the anti-globalisation ticket, then, Tony? The concept of going forward with a unity ticket that was bipartisan was always something that we had on the table. If he's wrong, the only way he'll win their support is through a very-big ticket policy that Green groups believe is worth it. Earl F. Dodge has run for President on the Prohibition ticket in every election since 1984. People are getting no satisfaction and they are strongly considering having somebody stand in the May elections on a ticket of keeping the school open. Mr Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, calculated that he didn't need to add foreign policy heft to the ticket. Yet the war shapes other campaigns too, and if Dean falters then there is another candidate on the anti-war ticket: General Wesley Clark. I would like to vote, this year or sometime, for a ticket and a party that is pro-life, pro-family, and pro-poor. The party won a resounding victory at the parliamentary elections on a ticket of law and order, and tax cuts. The Iraqi Shias have produced a unity ticket for the elections under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leading Iraqi Shia cleric. The ‘unity’ of the presidential ticket rarely survived the election. Just ahead, the Democratic ticket is official, and the game is underway. So I think that most of these people are just being given this as a reward for basically soldiering on and supporting the ticket. In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power on an election ticket of uncompromising Islamism, the cabal of conservative mullahs have a president to their liking. 5the ticketinformal The desirable or correct thing. 〈非正式〉恰好的事情；所需的东西 a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden 湿润的春天对这个花园正合适。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes, procrastination is just the ticket. Ginkgo may be just the ticket, but not all mountaineers are rushing to the supermarket. Given the choices, I'd say the pickup truck is just the ticket. With prices from just £46 a person per night in luxury, family-run B&Bs, a break with Carolina Vacations could be just the ticket. Let's get married in a cow field, that's the ticket. Hey, that's the ticket: a prime-time presidential address. You and Owen stand in front of me Margaret, so you'll both see better, that's the ticket. A tram stop planned for the £300M Kingsway Business Park would have been just the ticket for the 7,000 plus workers expected to find jobs there. Except for all the driving, Idaho was just the ticket for a nice vacation. Both Hyundai vehicles will be just the ticket for transporting the couple's two children, Austin and Phoebe. A heart-to-heart may be just the ticket for forging a better bond with a busy or stressed-out mom. Preserve things just as they are, that's the ticket. The rectangular lake looked a bit murky, and the spray from the fountain was quite fierce, but cooling off with a paddle in the cascade seemed just the ticket. So a good romp at the close of 2003 was just the ticket. Once I read his article, I slapped myself in the head and thought ‘Oh my God, that's the ticket!’ Spin it, talk it up, smear and talk down critics - that's the ticket. Show me handing over that cheque for a billion new health dollars to some disabled kid, that's the ticket. Yeah, that's the ticket, deliver two months ahead of schedule. Warm woolly sheepskinned lined slippers sounded just the ticket. For any male Jewish-born atheist, misogynist, egoist out there, this book is just the ticket. 6Scottish US informal with adjective A person of a specified kind. 〈苏格兰，美，非正式〉…人，…家伙 I think you're all a bunch of sick tickets 我看你们都是一群病号。 verbtickets, ticketed, ticketing ˈtɪkɪtˈtɪkɪt [with object] 1Issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence. （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票 park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed 乱停车你会被开罚单。 Example sentencesExamples On the incident report for Lodge's citation, it was noted the police did not use force while ticketing him and that he did not receive medical treatment. During similar cycling safety campaigns by the police force, cyclists have complained that police focus more on ticketing cyclists than drivers. On a typical day he might start the morning with a walk around Pickering, ticketing tourists, before zipping across to scour Helmsley. He replies, ‘I am wondering if I should ticket you, or let you off with a warning.’ Traffic wardens were powerless to ticket him because the law says penalties cannot be given out if the lines are obscured. Another important rule is that they can't ticket you while you're in the drivers seat of your car, or at your vehicle. The driver was duly ticketed, then the traffic warden flew home, presumably satisfied with his busman's holiday. It's been brewing for more than a year, this public resentment of the rapacity of police ticketing for traffic offences. And hovering over them all is the constant threat of the police, who ticket the men tirelessly, leading to hundreds of dollars in fines and repeated stays in jail. He said that the police did not ticket the presidential guard but only reported the incident to his superior. If the cops camped out at the corner of Spadina and College, they could cover the costs of their salaries by ticketing bike-lane parkers. And don't tell me about the $200 speeding ticket you got doing 165 on the freeway. A police officer noticed the passenger had no legs and ticketed the man to the tune of about $350. Should we be surprised, in the light of recent revelations and allegations, that there is growing scepticism towards explanations by the police as to why they are out there ticketing motorists? I hope the next cop who tickets me looks just like that, fishnet stockings and all! A police officer witnessed this blatant disregard for the law and attempted to ticket the student for jaywalking. If you treat the officer respectfully and roll over, there is no need for him to ticket you to win an argument. Some baiters were reassigned to a ‘Dumpster Task Force’ to ticket people for leaving garbage out. In Westmount, they ticket you for idling in a car for four minutes. Wardens are told to ticket a distraught woman whose car has broken down. 2be ticketed(of a passenger) be issued with a travel ticket. （游客）获发门票 passengers can now get electronically ticketed 旅客现在可以拿到电子门票。 Example sentencesExamples It cost the airline $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers on rival airlines or in hired planes. Those who made it on the ill-fated planes were ticketed passengers but some apparently used aliases, officials said. Most airlines showed sensitivity in waiving change fees for ticketed passengers on London-bound flights immediately following the terrorist attacks. His last name matches that of a passenger who was ticketed to board flight 68 but did not show up, the officials said. Over the same period, the 13 other airlines tracked by the Transportation Department displaced 412, 447 ticketed passengers voluntarily or against their will. After another long wait during which the check-in agent kept refreshing his screen every two minutes they did ticket me and I did get the earlier flight. During the four-day Easter holiday, the airline had to pay out $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers in hired planes or rival airlines. There are two different ways to travel: either through ticketed travel or ticketless travel. All Mileage Plus award reservations on Mexicana must be booked and ticketed by Dec. 31, and travel must be completed by March 31. 2.1North American Be destined for a specified state or position. 〈美〉注定 they were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness 他们相信唐宁注定是个了不起的人。 Example sentencesExamples Additionally, Fong noted, the USDA vet failed to eartag the animal, a required procedure, after it was ticketed for further testing. Also ticketed for EU sanctions are fresh apples, pears, and rice from the US. Before he injured his knee in camp, Navies was ticketed for the starting job on the strong side. Deen Grant, who missed his rookie season because of a hip injury, appears to be ticketed for the free safety job. Overall, he was 2-2 - 1 in 1999-2000 and ticketed for a backup role this season before Shields' injury. A number of the older buildings downtown have been ticketed for renovation and artists have begun to drift in, lured by low rents. They could use a quarterback because Trent Dilfer is ticketed as their starter. Some Indians officials fear Ramirez is ticketed for one of the New York teams. Connie Nielsen is miscast as the femme fatale (originally, the role was ticketed for Monica Bellucci). The animal was then ticketed for rendering and subsequently very quickly disappeared. 3be ticketed(of a retail product) be marked with a label giving its price, size, and other details. （货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条 the sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars Example sentencesExamples If the scanned price of a ticketed item is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the lower price. When I found my VCD player, I was offered a 9 percent discount after my first show of negativity regarding the ticketed price. We are committed to partnering with those vendors willing to ship ticketed merchandise. Radio Frequency (RF) labels provide well ticketed products that stimulate impulse buying and can increase sales dramatically. Phrases be tickets informal Be the end. 〈南非，非正式〉死路一条，完蛋 if that man talks to the police, it's tickets for him 如果那人向警察告发的话，那他就没命了。 have tickets on oneself informal Be excessively proud of oneself. 〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉自高自大，自负 she dressed me up fit to kill and I must confess I had a few tickets on myself as I walked Example sentencesExamples Here's a star centre who, unlike many in the Auckland and Canterbury teams, doesn't have tickets on himself. Mariah, you might have noticed, has tickets on herself. Some people have tickets on themselves; other people just sniff and say ‘if you need to ask, you couldn't afford me.’ Oooh, he certainly has tickets on himself, doesn't he? His girlfriend has married his brother, the affable local copper (Andrew S Gilbert), and everyone is suspicious about why the bloke who always had tickets on himself is back. punch one's ticket 1informal Deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work. 〈美，非正式〉有意承担能让自己升职的任务 Giles had punched his ticket at all the right stops within the journal Example sentencesExamples Johannesburg kept his record perfect and punched his ticket for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile later this month. After a mediocre regular season saw them finish at 12-8, the Golden Bears ripped off an impressive post-season run to punch their ticket for the big dance with the Canada West championship. He had punched his ticket as a climbing Sherpa, but the next challenge was to make his mark on Everest. He punched his ticket to the classics with a 3 3/4-length win in the Arkansas Derby but was eased three weeks later in the Kentucky Derby. The Cardinals have a manager who has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame; the Astros have one who finally has proved what he can do when he has enough good players. Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team. The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the play-offs. That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05. War Chant punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby when he won the San Rafael Stakes and was second in the Santa Anita Derby. Reba's Gold punched his ticket to Japan with a win in the Steinlen Handicap on November 10. 1.1(in sport) ensure one's progress to a further contest or tournament. （体育用语）获得晋级资格，拿到下一轮比赛的入场券 in scoring 13 points, they punched their ticket to the Super Bowl in Jacksonville 得了13分，他们就稳获参加在杰克逊维尔举行的超级碗的入场券。 Example sentencesExamples At 39, he probably has punched his ticket to Cooperstown with a résumé that includes 2,639 hits, 564 doubles and 1,603 runs. The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the playoffs. That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05. Last year the Saints had to sneak into the B.C.s via the back-door but would rather punch their ticket more easily this time out. I find it to be a filthy and disgusting act, and ultimately a way for people to punch their ticket for an eternity in hell. Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team. Well, the Democrats finally punched their ticket and surprise, surprise, it's the Johns: Kerry and Edwards. These are the kinds of things that would punch my ticket to either the Puget Sound or Silicon Valley. If the season hasn't already punched his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y., then a third MVP Award certainly would guarantee his place in the Hall of Fame. Folklore did not waffle in her response, delivering a 14-length knockout of six other rivals to punch her ticket to the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies on Saturday. write one's (own) ticket informal Dictate one's own terms. 〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程 a woman with a PhD in engineering could write her own ticket at any Canadian school Example sentencesExamples They have such awesome purchasing power that they write their own ticket. They are the rare exceptions who were able to write their own ticket! I'm hoping to have a good year and write my own ticket, pave my own way next year. Following his successful career as a stand-up comedian and a stint on Saturday Night Live, Murphy practically wrote his own ticket for success. He'd been in Recruitment for a while now, everyone in-house knew it was the fast-track, if you did well you could write your own ticket to a good position anywhere. After a decade of being able to practically write their own ticket, American workers have found they are no longer in the driver's seat. It seems the porky guard's brother-in-law can pull strings on the parole board, and good boxers can write their ticket to an early parole. I believe that you write your own ticket, and that you prepare yourself for the kind of life you want to lead (whether or not you ultimately live up to that, is also your choice). It will not take artists long to determine that they can write their own ticket in this world and eventually restructure their contracts with their record companies to give them more money per download. She continues, ‘A minority with the above credentials can write their own ticket.’ Origin Early 16th century (in the general senses 'short written note' and 'a licence or permit'): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier 'to fix', from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette. This is a shortening of an Old French word estiquette, which is also the origin of etiquette. A ticket was originally a ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’— the use for a piece of paper or card giving admission or permission to travel dates from the late 17th century. Rhymes cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, wicket noun.1 phr. Definition of ticket in US English: ticket nounˈtikitˈtɪkɪt 1A piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event. 票，券；车票；入场券；票证 admission is by ticket only 只能凭票入场。 Example sentencesExamples Early booking of tickets for the event is advisable as tickets are limited. The airline has announced it would charge travel agents a $55 fee if they requested paper tickets for domestic flights from July 1. They sign a contract to present one performance of their work in April, and to help sell tickets and publicize the event. All season ticket holders managed to get tickets, but many faced lengthy waits. These days the travelers validate their purple tickets or season ticket coupons at automatic turnstiles. Most travel agents charge a fee to deliver paper tickets. The busway tickets are sold in two ways: vouchers for a certain amount of money in the form of a ‘smart card’ and regular tickets for each trip. Travelers who buy tickets with credit cards can typically get refunds from the credit card company if an airline fails. However, it is necessary to use a paper ticket for international travel. The man came by to check their tickets and their travel permits, but appeared not to be suspicious. They each handed their tickets to the ticket taker and entered the plane. The objective is to stop people passing used public transport tickets to each other. Raffle tickets for the event are now on sale and admission on the night will be £5. Festival passes are available for $75 and are exchangeable for tickets to six performance events. In addition to the movie tickets, he preserves even the entry tickets to all entertainment events like circus and magic shows. They let season ticket holders sell tickets they otherwise wouldn't use. Organizers warned yesterday that holders of fraudulent tickets would not be admitted to World Cup events. Although technically open to the public, entry was limited to holders of scarce tickets of admission. Apparently, they were issuing two and three tickets to each season ticket holder and that's why they ran out. An all-in ticket costs €60, but you can get tickets for individual events as well. Synonyms pass, warrant, authorization, licence, permit 1.1 A piece of paper or card bought as a way of entering a lottery or raffle. the winning ticket was bought in Anaheim, California Example sentencesExamples At the grocer's last night I briefly considered buying a lottery ticket - it was clearly a lucky day. The winning ticket was in his wallet, which was stolen the night before. The chance of winning the lottery with a single ticket have not changed, however; it's still 1 in 14 million. In the morning, I stumbled out to the newsagent to buy a lottery ticket to send my sister for her birthday. Tickets for the raffle are on sale locally. The committee wish to thank all those who in any way contributed to the proceeds and those who bought tickets for the raffle. The unsuspecting holder of a winning Lotto ticket which was bought in west London has just a few days to claim a £3.9m prize. I've bought a lottery ticket, so fingers crossed. A couple of weeks ago I bought ten pounds worth of lottery tickets. On a whim, he bought two more lottery tickets in early July of this year. Tickets for the raffle cost £1 per each. I've never bought a lottery ticket or a scratch card. A few minutes ago, I stood in a supermarket queue a couple of places behind a woman who bought fifty pounds' worth of lottery tickets on her credit card. I had three beers, and bought a couple tickets for a charity raffle. The odds are so unfavourable that unless you really liked to take on risks at unfavourable odds why would you ever buy a lottery ticket? The raffle tickets were $20 each. Last week, a woman bought and then lost what she says is the winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery which, at the time, was at $150 million or so. Make a chart and list all your fixed and variable expenses, down to your weekly lottery ticket purchases. I had someone on the phone today trying to sell me an $80 raffle ticket to win a new Ferrari. Anyone who matches the unique Millionaire Raffle number at the bottom of the ticket wins £1 million. 1.2 (in information technology) a request logged on a work tracking system detailing an issue that needs to be addressed or task that must be performed. if you have opened a ticket and it's not yet been resolved, there's no need to open a new one they closed the ticket without doing anything Example sentencesExamples I've had a trouble ticket open on this exact issue for the past two weeks. They acknowledged that I was not getting what I was paying for, and opened a ticket to look into what was going on. The repair person receives the ticket and resolves the issue and closes the incident when the problem is resolved. The system keeps your ticket open and will show a status of "waiting for customer's response". I can't help you until you've opened a problem ticket. Currently we have 16 customer tickets open with speed-related issues. The ability to work with tickets directly from the admin area would greatly ease its use for managers. The options in this section allow for opening a support ticket, viewing all open tickets, viewing closed tickets (and re-opening them if necessary), searching open and closed support requests, and editing the user profile. If you have created a ticket in the member centre and feel that you are happy that we are working on the issue or that the issue has been resolved please close the ticket. He determined that the modem and software must be working fine and ok'd the ticket to be closed as a probable issue with the caller's home phone lines. Open a ticket in the bug tracker under the category "content defect" and we'll put it in the queue. Have you opened a ticket with the Help Desk yet? 1.3ticket to/out of A method of getting into or out of (a specified state or situation) 达到…目的的方法（或手段、途径） drugs are seen as the only ticket out of poverty 毒品被认为是摆脱贫困的唯一手段。 companies that appeared to have a one-way ticket to profitability 似乎只有一条盈利途径的公司。 Example sentencesExamples Sean's ticket out of the hood was the State Cops. Home ownership is not a one-way ticket to quality street, and it is not for those with low or uncertain incomes. It was my ticket to untold riches, until I discovered that like all the best ideas someone had already thought of it. Combining moves from more unusual dance methods can be the ticket to standing out in a performance or audition. This shows that people are hoping that their degree is a ticket to a career of some higher sort. In recent weeks Irish theatre on tour has looked like a one-way ticket to financial oblivion. Jay's ticket to the big time is his band Archangel, and therein lies his problem. His charisma bought him a one way ticket to the calypso semi-final and final dozens of times. In 1961 being a folk singer was not a ticket to writing celebrity gardening columns. Making a profit on the house is his ticket to a better life for his family. Yet how could this be anything but a one-way ticket to even worse times? The beauty pageant is a ticket out of town for the hopeful girls who participate. 2A certificate or warrant. 证明（书），尤指 2.1 An official notice of a traffic offense. （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票 Example sentencesExamples I like to think that women get away without traffic tickets more often than men. You give them a warning, it's like a traffic ticket. Nearby, a business called Latin American Services promises help with plane fares, income tax forms, and traffic tickets. It also leads me to realize that many motorists here have no regard for the law, and are in full realization that failure to pay a traffic ticket fine will not bring you a penalty, at least not too soon anyway. As well as nowhere to park I discovered three traffic wardens eagerly sticking tickets on any and every car that had attempted to park where they could. Still, the news came at a bad time: Esteban was trying to pay off traffic tickets and send money back to his family in Veracruz. Endorsable tickets for offences such as speeding and passing red lights, lead to three points on your licence and a £60 fine. Everyone looks to take advantage of every loophole available when paying taxes, paying a traffic ticket, appearing for jury duty or whatever. The fact of the matter is that the police see a range of policing as important to reduce crime, including the issuing of tickets for traffic offences. The provincial government is increasing fines and penalties for provincial offences, including speeding tickets, as of August 1st. The next thing I knew, a traffic ticket was on the windshield of that car, and the blond-haired woman who owned the car came out a few hours later to see it. If you owe child support or have outstanding traffic tickets, the guards, theoretically, will know. You know, a traffic ticket was what she really was responsible for, and she ended up going to prison for committing a felony. Now even a local police officer writing a traffic ticket can determine that a violator is subject to a deportation order and presumably make an arrest. Ideally, punishment for marijuana-related offences would be similar to a traffic ticket, or an open alcohol offence. Our current fines, applied after many warnings, are so small they amount to a traffic ticket. And if you owe money for traffic tickets, we could track you down. The highest fine that was listed on the ticket was for eight dollars. A total of 24 people received tickets for traffic offences. They wrote out 35 tickets for other offences across the weekend. Over-zealous traffic wardens have slapped tickets on two Radcliffe traders outside their own shops, even though they were unloading stock. Synonyms notice, notification, warning, certificate 2.2 A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member. （船员、飞行员等的）执照 Example sentencesExamples It held that the exculpatory clause in Russells pilot ticket, which is standard in the maritime industry, effectively barred claims against him for simple negligence. He went to work for the Northern Steamship Company and obtained his master's ticket in 1946. 3A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details. （货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条 Example sentencesExamples They have price tickets and bar codes attached. Shipped in a large container from somewhere in the Far East or Eastern Europe, the label and the price ticket will probably have been added in a sweatshop in the north of England. Synonyms label, tag, sticker, slip, tally, tab, marker, docket 4North American in singular A list of candidates put forward by a party in an election. 〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单 his presence on the Republican ticket 他被列入共和党候选人名单。 Example sentencesExamples Now there's another story, which is Lieberman, the first Jewish candidate, Orthodox Jewish candidate on a national ticket. Even Republican Jews are praising Gore's choice of Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and the first Jew to run on the national ticket of a major party. For this reason, parties seek to ensure that their own voters follow the party ticket and transfer their votes to another candidate of the same party. On Sunday in the Sligo Park Hotel, they will select three candidates on the party ticket. The Dems already have someone, but any party who has any candidate on the ticket is eligible if they don't already have a rep. If four candidates on a single ticket were all to get into Legco they would require the support of nearly the entire constituency. I was hoping there'd be an antiwar candidate on the ticket and was disappointed when Kerry picked Edwards. On December 1, both parties announced they will be fielding a joint ticket of candidates under the name of the Kurdish Unity List. Flannery would be a good candidate on any party ticket and will put in a strong campaign over the coming weeks. It helped Cr Gates defeat Cr Irwin on preferences and ensured the other members of his ticket, Crs John Hampton and Brian Suffolk, were elected. Mr Lane said that by the whole district voting the temptation was there not to put two strong female candidates on the ticket. But what about boosting the ticket before the elections? All three believe it is imperative that a candidate from this region is on the party ticket come the next General Election. The vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket is the attack dog. No candidates running in Iowa in the past 30 years joined together on the Democratic ticket in the election. Rather than seeking that co-option in September last, Phyllis was selected as a second candidate on the ticket in an effort to take a second seat. Not wanting to run on the same ticket as the LaRouche candidates, Stevenson was listed on the ballot as an independent that year. She will never win a place on a national Republican ticket as a candidate for president or vice president. But I don't get to vote for a fantasy ticket; I have to choose between the candidates selected for me. But I do want to encourage people to shake up university politics by not voting in a full ticket of candidates, which has happened in the last several elections. 4.1 A set of principles or policies supported by a party in an election. 〈主北美〉（政党在竞选时提出的）候选人名单 he stood for office on a strong right-wing, no-nonsense ticket 他以强硬的右翼主张和务实的作风主政。 Example sentencesExamples Earl F. Dodge has run for President on the Prohibition ticket in every election since 1984. The Iraqi Shias have produced a unity ticket for the elections under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leading Iraqi Shia cleric. Are there candidates on the anti-globalisation ticket, then, Tony? I believe that we have been effective champions of our ticket's policies and principles, and that we have achieved much both locally and across the city. The party won a resounding victory at the parliamentary elections on a ticket of law and order, and tax cuts. Progress fought the election on an anti-immigrant ticket. The concept of going forward with a unity ticket that was bipartisan was always something that we had on the table. Yet the war shapes other campaigns too, and if Dean falters then there is another candidate on the anti-war ticket: General Wesley Clark. People are getting no satisfaction and they are strongly considering having somebody stand in the May elections on a ticket of keeping the school open. Just ahead, the Democratic ticket is official, and the game is underway. Mr Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, calculated that he didn't need to add foreign policy heft to the ticket. Alan Jones is an old mate of Turnbull's and naturally supports the ticket and the new constitution. It raises the prospect of the Lib Dems going into the election on a ticket backing extra powers for the Parliament, putting at odds with Labour. If he's wrong, the only way he'll win their support is through a very-big ticket policy that Green groups believe is worth it. These numbers suggest that a coalition of Islamic parties supporting a single ticket could have won the presidency. So I think that most of these people are just being given this as a reward for basically soldiering on and supporting the ticket. In Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power on an election ticket of uncompromising Islamism, the cabal of conservative mullahs have a president to their liking. The ‘unity’ of the presidential ticket rarely survived the election. I would like to vote, this year or sometime, for a ticket and a party that is pro-life, pro-family, and pro-poor. The team is expected to lobby several political parties in a bid to win their support for the ticket in the runoff, he said. 5the ticketinformal The desirable or correct thing. 〈非正式〉恰好的事情；所需的东西 a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden 湿润的春天对这个花园正合适。 Example sentencesExamples The rectangular lake looked a bit murky, and the spray from the fountain was quite fierce, but cooling off with a paddle in the cascade seemed just the ticket. Let's get married in a cow field, that's the ticket. Given the choices, I'd say the pickup truck is just the ticket. Ginkgo may be just the ticket, but not all mountaineers are rushing to the supermarket. A tram stop planned for the £300M Kingsway Business Park would have been just the ticket for the 7,000 plus workers expected to find jobs there. Once I read his article, I slapped myself in the head and thought ‘Oh my God, that's the ticket!’ So a good romp at the close of 2003 was just the ticket. For any male Jewish-born atheist, misogynist, egoist out there, this book is just the ticket. With prices from just £46 a person per night in luxury, family-run B&Bs, a break with Carolina Vacations could be just the ticket. Yeah, that's the ticket, deliver two months ahead of schedule. Warm woolly sheepskinned lined slippers sounded just the ticket. Hey, that's the ticket: a prime-time presidential address. Both Hyundai vehicles will be just the ticket for transporting the couple's two children, Austin and Phoebe. Except for all the driving, Idaho was just the ticket for a nice vacation. A heart-to-heart may be just the ticket for forging a better bond with a busy or stressed-out mom. Spin it, talk it up, smear and talk down critics - that's the ticket. You and Owen stand in front of me Margaret, so you'll both see better, that's the ticket. Sometimes, procrastination is just the ticket. Preserve things just as they are, that's the ticket. Show me handing over that cheque for a billion new health dollars to some disabled kid, that's the ticket. verbˈtikitˈtɪkɪt [with object] 1Issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offense. （交通）违章通知单，罚款单，传票 park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed 乱停车你会被开罚单。 Example sentencesExamples Wardens are told to ticket a distraught woman whose car has broken down. I hope the next cop who tickets me looks just like that, fishnet stockings and all! On the incident report for Lodge's citation, it was noted the police did not use force while ticketing him and that he did not receive medical treatment. A police officer noticed the passenger had no legs and ticketed the man to the tune of about $350. A police officer witnessed this blatant disregard for the law and attempted to ticket the student for jaywalking. Another important rule is that they can't ticket you while you're in the drivers seat of your car, or at your vehicle. If the cops camped out at the corner of Spadina and College, they could cover the costs of their salaries by ticketing bike-lane parkers. On a typical day he might start the morning with a walk around Pickering, ticketing tourists, before zipping across to scour Helmsley. Traffic wardens were powerless to ticket him because the law says penalties cannot be given out if the lines are obscured. The driver was duly ticketed, then the traffic warden flew home, presumably satisfied with his busman's holiday. And hovering over them all is the constant threat of the police, who ticket the men tirelessly, leading to hundreds of dollars in fines and repeated stays in jail. Should we be surprised, in the light of recent revelations and allegations, that there is growing scepticism towards explanations by the police as to why they are out there ticketing motorists? It's been brewing for more than a year, this public resentment of the rapacity of police ticketing for traffic offences. In Westmount, they ticket you for idling in a car for four minutes. He said that the police did not ticket the presidential guard but only reported the incident to his superior. During similar cycling safety campaigns by the police force, cyclists have complained that police focus more on ticketing cyclists than drivers. Some baiters were reassigned to a ‘Dumpster Task Force’ to ticket people for leaving garbage out. And don't tell me about the $200 speeding ticket you got doing 165 on the freeway. If you treat the officer respectfully and roll over, there is no need for him to ticket you to win an argument. He replies, ‘I am wondering if I should ticket you, or let you off with a warning.’ 2be ticketed(of a passenger) be issued with a travel ticket. （游客）获发门票 passengers can now get electronically ticketed 旅客现在可以拿到电子门票。 Example sentencesExamples Over the same period, the 13 other airlines tracked by the Transportation Department displaced 412, 447 ticketed passengers voluntarily or against their will. There are two different ways to travel: either through ticketed travel or ticketless travel. After another long wait during which the check-in agent kept refreshing his screen every two minutes they did ticket me and I did get the earlier flight. Most airlines showed sensitivity in waiving change fees for ticketed passengers on London-bound flights immediately following the terrorist attacks. During the four-day Easter holiday, the airline had to pay out $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers in hired planes or rival airlines. It cost the airline $500,000 to fly 145,000 ticketed passengers on rival airlines or in hired planes. All Mileage Plus award reservations on Mexicana must be booked and ticketed by Dec. 31, and travel must be completed by March 31. His last name matches that of a passenger who was ticketed to board flight 68 but did not show up, the officials said. Those who made it on the ill-fated planes were ticketed passengers but some apparently used aliases, officials said. 2.1North American Be destined or heading for a specified state or position. 〈美〉注定 they were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness 他们相信唐宁注定是个了不起的人。 Example sentencesExamples The animal was then ticketed for rendering and subsequently very quickly disappeared. Connie Nielsen is miscast as the femme fatale (originally, the role was ticketed for Monica Bellucci). Before he injured his knee in camp, Navies was ticketed for the starting job on the strong side. Also ticketed for EU sanctions are fresh apples, pears, and rice from the US. Additionally, Fong noted, the USDA vet failed to eartag the animal, a required procedure, after it was ticketed for further testing. Overall, he was 2-2 - 1 in 1999-2000 and ticketed for a backup role this season before Shields' injury. A number of the older buildings downtown have been ticketed for renovation and artists have begun to drift in, lured by low rents. Some Indians officials fear Ramirez is ticketed for one of the New York teams. They could use a quarterback because Trent Dilfer is ticketed as their starter. Deen Grant, who missed his rookie season because of a hip injury, appears to be ticketed for the free safety job. 3be ticketed(of a retail product) be marked with a label giving its price, size, and other details. （货物上标明价格、尺码等的）标签，签条 the sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars Example sentencesExamples If the scanned price of a ticketed item is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the lower price. We are committed to partnering with those vendors willing to ship ticketed merchandise. Radio Frequency (RF) labels provide well ticketed products that stimulate impulse buying and can increase sales dramatically. When I found my VCD player, I was offered a 9 percent discount after my first show of negativity regarding the ticketed price. Phrases punch one's ticket 1informal Deliberately undertake particular assignments that are likely to lead to promotion at work. 〈美，非正式〉有意承担能让自己升职的任务 Example sentencesExamples That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05. Reba's Gold punched his ticket to Japan with a win in the Steinlen Handicap on November 10. Johannesburg kept his record perfect and punched his ticket for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile later this month. Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team. War Chant punched his ticket to the Kentucky Derby when he won the San Rafael Stakes and was second in the Santa Anita Derby. He punched his ticket to the classics with a 3 3/4-length win in the Arkansas Derby but was eased three weeks later in the Kentucky Derby. The Cardinals have a manager who has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame; the Astros have one who finally has proved what he can do when he has enough good players. After a mediocre regular season saw them finish at 12-8, the Golden Bears ripped off an impressive post-season run to punch their ticket for the big dance with the Canada West championship. He had punched his ticket as a climbing Sherpa, but the next challenge was to make his mark on Everest. The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the play-offs. 1.1(in sports) ensure one's progress to a further contest or tournament. （体育用语）获得晋级资格，拿到下一轮比赛的入场券 in scoring 13 points, they punched their ticket to the Super Bowl in Jacksonville 得了13分，他们就稳获参加在杰克逊维尔举行的超级碗的入场券。 Example sentencesExamples At 39, he probably has punched his ticket to Cooperstown with a résumé that includes 2,639 hits, 564 doubles and 1,603 runs. Last Sunday, the Terrapins punched their ticket to an eleventh straight NCAA tournament with an uninspiring, painful to watch victory over a mediocre University of Virginia team. The Bucs still have tough games against New England and Atlanta before they can punch their ticket to the playoffs. That's not to say some big names weren't still looking to punch their ticket to 2004-05. I find it to be a filthy and disgusting act, and ultimately a way for people to punch their ticket for an eternity in hell. Folklore did not waffle in her response, delivering a 14-length knockout of six other rivals to punch her ticket to the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies on Saturday. If the season hasn't already punched his ticket to Cooperstown, N.Y., then a third MVP Award certainly would guarantee his place in the Hall of Fame. Well, the Democrats finally punched their ticket and surprise, surprise, it's the Johns: Kerry and Edwards. Last year the Saints had to sneak into the B.C.s via the back-door but would rather punch their ticket more easily this time out. These are the kinds of things that would punch my ticket to either the Puget Sound or Silicon Valley. write one's (own) ticket 〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程 informal Dictate one's own terms. 〈非正式，主北美〉自定计划；自己规划前程 Example sentencesExamples I'm hoping to have a good year and write my own ticket, pave my own way next year. She continues, ‘A minority with the above credentials can write their own ticket.’ After a decade of being able to practically write their own ticket, American workers have found they are no longer in the driver's seat. They are the rare exceptions who were able to write their own ticket! He'd been in Recruitment for a while now, everyone in-house knew it was the fast-track, if you did well you could write your own ticket to a good position anywhere. It will not take artists long to determine that they can write their own ticket in this world and eventually restructure their contracts with their record companies to give them more money per download. I believe that you write your own ticket, and that you prepare yourself for the kind of life you want to lead (whether or not you ultimately live up to that, is also your choice). Following his successful career as a stand-up comedian and a stint on Saturday Night Live, Murphy practically wrote his own ticket for success. It seems the porky guard's brother-in-law can pull strings on the parole board, and good boxers can write their ticket to an early parole. They have such awesome purchasing power that they write their own ticket. Origin Early 16th century (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a license or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette. noun.1 phr.
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