vote out

英 [vəʊt aʊt]

美 [voʊt aʊt]

投票免去…的职务

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 投票免去…的职务
  If peoplevote outa particular person or political party, they give that person or party so few votes in an official election that they no longer hold a position of power.
  1. And if the President doesn't make things better, other voters say, we'll vote him out, too...
     其他选民说，如果总统不能使情况有所好转，他们也会投票把他赶下台去。
  2. They cannot join forces to vote her out of office...
     他们不能联合起来通过投票表决让她下台。
  3. And of course we all know we can vote out our councillors.
     当然，我们全都知道我们能投票罢免议员们。

英英释义

verb

• thwart the passage of
  1. kill a motion
  2. he shot down the student's proposal
  Synonym:killshoot downdefeatvote down

双语例句

• You can't vote them out of office because they're all the same and they're all supported and placed in power there by the same corporations.
  你没法把他们选下去，因为他们都是一样的，都被同样的大公司们支持着。
• They're all owned by the rich, so what difference does it make if you "vote them out"?
  他们都是为富人服务的，即便你把他们“选下去”又有啥区别呢？
• But as the day drew to a close many voters, particularly in outlying areas of Luanda, were seen still milling around some polling places, unable to vote because these had run out of ballot papers.
  不过，在当天的投票快要结束的时候，许多选民，特别是罗安达边远地区的选民仍在有些投票站附近不知所措的乱转，因为选票已经用光了，他们无法投票。
• Refusing to accept the decision of the vote, he got up and stormed out of the meeting.
  他拒绝接受选举结果，起身怒气冲冲地离开了会场。
• It's impossible at this stage to judge how the vote will come out.
  现阶段不可能判断投票结果会怎样。
• At the end of the night we're going to vote someone out of show business.
  今晚结束时，我们将选举某个人，把他驱逐出娱乐界。
• First, Congress needs immediately to grant public shareholders the right to call shareholders 'meetings, to vote out the current board and to pass binding ( not simply advisory) votes on executive compensation.
  首先，国会需要立即赋予公众股东以下权利：召集股东大会，投票推翻现任董事会，以及对高管薪酬进行具有约束性（而不只是参考性）的表决。
• The Senate is poise to vote on the measure before heading out for the Christmas holiday Thursday.
  周四，参议院的议员们在欢度圣诞节前，对医疗改革的方案进行了投票。
• It's not just about getting the vote out, though, he says. One of the surprising things when I started the business was how many customers I had who were Republicans wearing my clothes to the inauguration.
  他说道：我开始做这家公司的时候，一件令人惊讶的现象就是，有好多共和党顾客穿着我的衣服参加就职典礼。
• I vote that you try to pick out the trail for us.
  我提议由你来选我们该走哪条小路。