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.
双语例句
1. The ballot was re-run on Mr Todd's insistence after accusations of malpractice.
因被控舞弊，在托德先生的坚持下重新进行了投票。
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2. I'm going to write him in on my ballot next year.
明年我要在我的选票上写上他的名字。
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3. Martinez expressed confidence of victory at the ballot box.
马丁内斯表示了对选举获胜的信心。
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4. The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
选举舞弊的指控出现后，这次投票测验受到了广泛质疑。
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5. They had already voted for him at the first ballot.