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单词 secret ballot
释义
secret ballot
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌsiː.krət ˈbæl.ət/us
/ˌsiː.krət ˈbæl.ət/
amethodofvotingin which eachpersonwritestheirchoiceon apieceofpaperso that no oneelseknowshow they havevoted:
无记名投票
Theelectionof the newmembersis donebysecretballot.新成员选举采取了无记名投票的方式。
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(Definition ofsecret ballotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

secret ballot| Business English

secret ballot
noun[CorU]
uk
us
HR,POLITICS
anoccasionwhenpeoplevoteon something withoutothersknowinghow they arevoting:
hold/have asecretballot
by secret ballotUnionofficersareelectedbysecretballot.
(Definition ofsecret ballotfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecret ballot

secret ballot
Beginning with the introduction of thesecretballotin 1958, the rural population had become more politically active than ever before.
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The question, therefore, is what attention to these interests implies about the justification of thesecretballot.
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Consequently, he concludes, voting should be presumed to be public, and thesecretballotjustified only as an exception to this rule.
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If ' ' voting bysecretballot' ' is what is meant then why not say so.
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The process was democratic insofar as it was by adult franchise andsecretballot, although illiterates could receive assistance from two booth attendants.
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Likewise, little was said about universal suffrage bysecretballot, one person one vote, or the protection of the rights of the minority.
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Conversely, thesecretballotexercised only a limited fascination for these voters.
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Behind actual and threatened dismissal were a range of influences, potent in the intimate factory neighbourhood long after the institution of thesecretballot.
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However, unlike general elections, state law did not require county parties to use asecretballotfor primary elections, and few did so.
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The congress delegates and regional presidents are elected by directsecretballotwith local, regional, national and international observers in attendance.
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Its board was chaired by the dean of the medical faculty and its other members were elected for tenures of seven years bysecretballotof the medical faculty.
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Asecretballotis asecretballot, and as long as that fundamental right is ensured, vote-buying politicians have few possibilities to control whether the voter honours the bargain.
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It is unhappily the case that thesecretballotarrangement by electronic voting is imperfect at the moment.
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I know it was asecretballot, but we do not know for whom we have voted.
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I will say this in public since we were unable to demonstrate our position in another way on account of the unfortunatesecretballot.
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