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| 1 | C the formal expression of a choice between two or more issues, people etc 选票；投票；表决 |
| My vote will go to the candidate who promises tax reform. 我的票将投给承诺税改的候选人。 |
| He got an overwhelming majority of the votes. 他赢得了压倒多数的选票。 |
| +for/in favour of/against There were only 62 votes for the proposal, compared to 740 against. 这项提议有740票反对，只有62票赞成。 |
| cast a vote (=mark a piece of paper to show who you are voting for) In Britain many people cast their votes at local schools. 投票 |
| sth costs sb votes (=makes them lose votes) This policy will cost her thousands of votes. 某事使某人失去选票 |
| | 1a | C an occasion when people formally choose between two or more issues, people etc in an election （在选举中的）投票 | | The result of the vote will be announced tomorrow. 投票结果将于明天宣布。 | | have/take a vote (on sth) Let’ s have a vote on where to go for our holidays. 我们来就去哪里度假进行表决吧。 | | put sth to the vote (=give people the chance to vote on something) Our boss decided to put the issue to the vote. 把某事交付表决 | |
| | 1b | singular the total number of votes made in an election （选举中的）选票总数 | | The Labour Party’ s share of the vote increased. 工党的得票数增加了。 | | get/win/secure/poll a percent of the vote The Tories won 53 per cent of the popular vote. 英国保守党赢得了53％的普选选票。 | | split the vote (=cause people to vote for different things) The new environmental party split the liberal vote. 分离选票；使选票投给其他人 | |
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| 2 | the vote the right to vote in an election （选举中的）投票权 |
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| - | sb gets your vote
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| if someone gets your vote , you support what they say or do |
| 某人得到你的支持 |
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| Anyone prepared to stand up to the bosses gets my vote. 任何敢于对抗老板的人我都支持。 |
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| - | the Jewish/working-class etc vote
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| a particular group or religion , considered according to the way they tend to vote in an election |
| 犹太人/劳工阶级等的选票 |
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