| 单词 | ballot |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bælət] |
| 解释 | n./v.投票 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. /v. 投票, 抽签 【例】I balloted for him 我投他的票. secret ballot 无记名投票 【记】ball球, lot多－好多球儿. 大家见过世界杯分组抽签吗? 把每个队的名字分别放在球里, 再进行抽签, 所以你会看见好多球儿. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ball 小球 + lottery，历史上投票是用小球抽签来投票 |
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