single transferable vote
noun
- an electoral system of proportional representation in which a person's vote can be transferred to a second or further competing candidate (according to the voter's stated order of preference) if the candidate of first choice is eliminated during a succession of counts or has more votes than are needed for election单记转让投票制（一种比例代表选举制度, 如果第一候选人在连续点票中遭淘汰, 或赢得超过所需的票数, 那么投票人的选票可根据他所确定的偏好顺序, 转让给第二或其他竞选人）。