ballot
n
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(a) (also `ballot-paper) [C]
piece of paper used in secret voting (无记名投票所用的)选票.
(b) [U] system of secret voting 无记名投票制度
elected by ballot 无记名投票选举的.
(c) [C] instance of this 无记名投票
hold a ballot of members 成员举行的无记名投票
We should put it to a ballot. 我们应该对此进行无记名投票.
2 [C] number of votes recorded in a ballot 无记名投票所得的票数. ballot, v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (for sb/sth) vote by ballot (for sb/sth) 以无记名投票方式(对某人[某事物])进行表决.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (about/on sth) cause sb to vote (on sth) secretly 使某人以无记名方式投票表决(某事物)
The union balloted its members on the proposed changes. 工会让会员们以无记名方式就所建议的改革进行表决.
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