ballot

英 ['b?l?t] 美['b?l?t]

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復數:?ballots;第三人稱單數:?ballots;過去式:?balloted;過去分詞:?balloted;現在分詞:?balloting;

1. ball + -ot (由意大利語縮略而來的指小后綴，可以說與法語的指小后綴 -et / -ette 同源)。
2. 該詞源于意大利語，由此該詞的本意為“小球”。

ballot 投票

ball, 球。-ot, 小詞后綴。來自古時以黑，白球投票的習俗，見blackball, 反對票。

ballot: ballot: see ball
ballot (n.): 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.

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。

3. Martinez expressed confidence of victory at the ballot box.: 馬丁內斯表示了對選舉獲勝的信心。

4. The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.: 選舉舞弊的指控出現后，這次投票測驗受到了廣泛質疑。

5. They had already voted for him at the first ballot.: 在第一次投票選舉時，他們已經投票給他了。