【ballot】 - A-level备考词汇

ballot

UK:  ['bælət]

US:  ['bælət]

第三人称单数：ballots  现在分词：balloting  过去式：balloted  

v.

1.通过投票[抽签]选出

2.投票,投票表决

3.向…拉票

4.拈阄,抽签

n.

1.投票用纸,选票;投票用小球

2.无记名投票

3.投票;投票权

4.投票总数

5.抽签

6.〔美国〕决定总统候选人的选举

7.候选人名单

8.烟箱

1 . No one would be apt to respond that lawmaking was going on, or object that the age requirement did not say anything about ballot access.
没有人会说这是高院在制定法律，或者提出反对说年龄限制的规定不是关于参选权的规定。

2 . "We cannot be a party that strips working Americans of the right to a secret-ballot election, " he warned.
“我们不能成为一个剥夺美国劳动者无记名投票权的政党，”他警告道。

3 . There was an open nomination, there was a secret ballot, and there was full particpation in this election.
这次选举包括公开提名，无记名投票和积极参与。

4 . Egyptian voters came out in force Saturday for the first ballot since popular protests swept away the previous government.
埃及选民出来投票周六生效以来的第一次群众性示威活动一扫上届政府。

5 . Now we see that what civilian government wants to do in Turkey can only be checked at the ballot box, not the generals anymore.
现在我们看到的是，土耳其文人政府的施政必须得到选民的认可，而不再听从军方将领的意见。