喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to picture this word: a group has to decide something, and each person hands in one counted choice — a raised hand, a slip of paper, a tap on a screen. That single counted choice is a 'vote' (the noun); the act of giving it is to 'vote' (the verb). Everything else is what that one counted choice grows into when many of them pile up.

可以想成：一群人要一起做決定，每個人交出「一個會被算進去的選擇」——舉一隻手、投一張紙、按一下螢幕。那一個被算進去的…更多收起可以想成：一群人要一起做決定，每個人交出「一個會被算進去的選擇」——舉一隻手、投一張紙、按一下螢幕。那一個被算進去的選擇就是名詞的 vote（一票），把它交出去這個動作比較像動詞的 vote（投票）。其他所有用法，都是這「一個被算進去的選擇」累積起來、延伸出去的樣子。

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Votenoun

  • 1

    A person from Votia or of Votic descent.

votenoun/vəʊt/

  • 1

    A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

    • The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
    • Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.
  • 2

    An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.

    • The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.
    • There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
  • 3

    obsoleteAn ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.

    • Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Courſe of Nature, / Or Violence you muſt fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ſame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: […]
  • 4

    obsoleteA formalized petition or request.

  • 5

    obsoleteAny judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.

  • 6

    Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.

    • dissenting vote (i.e. in particular the differing opinion published with a judicial judgment considered as a source of information)

voteverb/vəʊt/

  • 1

    To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.

    • Q: Did you vote last month? A: Yes. I voted for John Smith, and it's a shame that he lost; you can't blame me for the mess we're in now.
    • The directors voted on the question of whether to increase the R&D spending.
  • 2

    To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.

    • The directors voted an increase in R&D spending.
    • The meal was voted a great success.
  • 3

    To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).

    • vote your ballot
    • vote your shares

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。