1540s, "small ball used in voting," also "secret vote taken by ballots," from Italian pallotte, diminutive of palla "ball," for small balls used as counters in secret voting (see balloon). Earliest references are to Venice. By 1776 extended to tickets or sheets of paper used in secret voting. Ballot box attested from 1670s; metonymically from 1834 as "system or practice of voting by ballot."
ballot (v.)
1540s, from ballot (n.). Related: Balloted; balloting.
雙語例句
1. The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd's insistence after accusations of malpractice.
因被控舞弊，在托德先生的堅持下重新進行了投票。
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2. I'm going to write him in on my ballot next year.
明年我要在我的選票上寫上他的名字。
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3. Martinez expressed confidence of victory at the ballot box.
馬丁內(nèi)斯表示了對選舉獲勝的信心。
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4. The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
選舉舞弊的指控出現(xiàn)后，這次投票測驗受到了廣泛質(zhì)疑。
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5. They had already voted for him at the first ballot.