/vəʊt ||; vot/noun1 [C] a vote (for/against sb/sth) a formal choice in an election or at a meeting, which you show by holding up your hand or writing on a piece of paper 表决（如举手或投票表决）: The votes are still being counted. 选票仍在点算中。There were 10 votes for, and 25 againstthe motion. 那项动议的表决结果是10票赞成，25票反对。
2 [C] a vote (on sth) a method of deciding sth by asking people to express their choice and finding out what most people want 表决，投票（以便做出决定）: The democratic way to decide this would be to take a vote. 要以民主方式来决定这件事就要进行投票。Let's have a vote / put it to the vote. 我们表决吧。
3 the vote [sing] the total number of votes in an election 选票总数: She obtained 30% of the vote. 她获得30%的选票。
4 the vote [sing] the legal right to vote in political elections （政治选举中的）投票权，选举权: Women did not get the vote in this country until the 1920s. 这个国家的妇女直到20世纪20年代才获得选举权。
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a vote of thanks a short speech to thank sb, usually a guest, at a meeting, dinner, etc 致谢辞:
The club secretary proposed a vote of thanks to the guest speaker. 俱乐部秘书提议向演讲嘉宾致谢。