balloting
present participle ofballot
| 单词 | balloting |
| 释义 | balloting present participle ofballot ballot verb[T] uk/ˈbæl.ət/us/ˈbæl.ət/toorganizeasecretvoteby agroupofpeopleinordertofindouttheirviews: Theuniondecidedto ballotitsmemberson theissue. Elections
Examplesofballotingballoting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thus, the election really took place before the actualballoting. From theCambridge English Corpus Individual jurors were selected by the county sheriff, but there was no provision forballoting, nor any suggestion in law that this should be so. From theCambridge English Corpus This was compounded by the laborious method ofballotingwhich, notwithstanding minor modifications over time, took several days rather than hours. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, demilitarisation became an important issue in the 1963 electoral campaign, and contributed to the preemptive military coup a few days before the scheduledballoting. From theCambridge English Corpus The campaign was more important than theballotingfor obtaining and legitimising political power. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether one viewed this as the proper outcome may depend in part on how one views the outcome of theballoting. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, even for party leaders in major urban areas, existingballotingarrangements created serious problems of party management. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, he did not even get 50 % of the votes cast needed to qualify him for a second round ofballoting. From theCambridge English Corpus Activities among the poor are largely limited to the provision of social services, often charity, and mobilization during elections in which freeballotingtakes place. From theCambridge English Corpus The governor suggested that these initiatives, particularly those establishing a universal franchise and a single electoral college for localballoting, be restored by administrative degrees issued by himself. From theCambridge English Corpus In both states, therefore, the parties were still involved in theballotingprocess although their role was much restricted by comparison with the older, unofficial balloting system. From theCambridge English Corpus It requires a situation where the most hotly contested issues, such as absenteeballotingand local election observers, are addressed beforehand. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We also have reservations about the system ofballotingfor industrial action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, by common consent, current law on industrial action and, in particular, onballotingis extremely complex. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, there is the cost and the related fact that insistence on postal ballots would force change on unions which already have adequateballotingsystems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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