vote

来自拉丁语votum,庄严的承诺，对神的承诺，词源同vow,devote。后用于指投票。

vote

vote: [15] Vote goes back ultimately to Latin vovēre ‘promise solemnly, wish for’. Its past participle was vōtus, which fed directly into English as the verb vote; the noun vote comes from the Latin derivative vōtum. The modern English meaning of the word comes from the notion of expressing one’s ‘wishes’ by means of casting a ballot. ‘Wishing, desiring’ was a secondary semantic development of the Latin verb; its original meaning, ‘promise solemnly’, is preserved in English vow [13], which comes via Anglo-Norman vou from Latin vōtum.
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vote (v.)

1550s, "give a vote to;" 1560s, "enact or establish by vote,"; see vote (n.). Earlier it meant "to vow" to do something (mid-15c.). Related: Voted; voting.

vote (n.)

mid-15c., "formal expression of one's wish or choice with regard to a proposal, candidate, etc.," from Latin votum "a vow, wish, promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle of vovere "to promise, dedicate" (see vow (n.)). Meaning "totality of voters of a certain class or type" is from 1888.

1. They took a vote and decided not to do it.

他们进行了表决，决定放弃。

2. Heck, if you don't like it, don't vote for him.

如果你不喜欢，不要投他的票不就得了。

3. If he demands too much, the unions will vote him down.

如果他要求太多，工会就会投票撤换他。

4. Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th.

两院都打算在1月15日前对那一政策进行投票表决。

5. Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.

反对党领袖已号召人们拒绝投票。