vote

英 [v??t] 美[vot]

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復數(shù):?votes;第三人稱單數(shù):?votes;過去式:?voted;過去分詞:?voted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?voting;

諧音：我投

vote 投票

來自拉丁語votum,莊嚴的承諾，對神的承諾，詞源同vow,devote。后用于指投票。

vote: vote: [15] Vote goes back ultimately to Latin vovēre ‘promise solemnly, wish for’. Its past participle was vōtus, which fed directly into English as the verb vote; the noun vote comes from the Latin derivative vōtum. The modern English meaning of the word comes from the notion of expressing one’s ‘wishes’ by means of casting a ballot. ‘Wishing, desiring’ was a secondary semantic development of the Latin verb; its original meaning, ‘promise solemnly’, is preserved in English vow [13], which comes via Anglo-Norman vou from Latin vōtum.
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vote (v.): 1550s, "give a vote to;" 1560s, "enact or establish by vote,"; see vote (n.). Earlier it meant "to vow" to do something (mid-15c.). Related: Voted; voting.
vote (n.): mid-15c., "formal expression of one's wish or choice with regard to a proposal, candidate, etc.," from Latin votum "a vow, wish, promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle of vovere "to promise, dedicate" (see vow (n.)). Meaning "totality of voters of a certain class or type" is from 1888.

3. If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.: 如果他要求太多，工會就會投票撤換他。

4. Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th.: 兩院都打算在1月15日前對那一政策進行投票表決。

5. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.: 反對黨領袖已號召人們拒絕投票。