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投票

tóu piào

Pinyin

Definition

投票

tóu piào

to vote
vote

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投票

tóu piào

1 to vote
2 vote

票

piào

1 ticket
2 ballot
3 banknote
4 classifier: 张 zhāng
5 person held for ransom
6 amateur performance of Chinese opera
7 classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

彩票

cǎi piào

1 lottery ticket

意气相投

yì qì xiāng tóu

1 congenial

投

tóu

1 to cast
2 to send
3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
4 to seek refuge
5 to place oneself into the hands of

Idioms (18)

五体投地

wǔ tǐ tóu dì

1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

情投意合

qíng tóu yì hé

1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
2 to find each other congenial

投井下石

tóu jǐng xià shí

1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down

投桃报李

tóu táo bào lǐ

1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
2 to exchange gifts
3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.

投机倒把

tóu jī dǎo bǎ

1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation

Sample Sentences

一是，英国此前与欧盟达成的“脱欧”协议已3次遭英国议会下院投票否决。二是，欧洲议会选举投票23日在英国举行。多个民调显示，保守党支持率大幅落后于新成立的“脱欧党”。

yī shì ，Yīngguó cǐqián yǔ Ōuméng dáchéng de “tuōŌu ”xiéyì yǐ cì zāo Yīngguó yìhuì xiàyuàn tóupiào fǒujué 。èr shì ，ŌuzhōuYìhuì xuǎnjǔ tóupiào rì zài Yīngguó jǔxíng 。duōge míndiào xiǎnshì ，bǎoshǒudǎng zhīchílǜ dàfú luòhòu yú Xīn chénglì de “tuōŌu dǎng ”。

Firstly "Brexit" agreement reached by the United Kingdom with the European Union has been voted against by the lower house of the British Parliament three times. Secondly the European Parliament election will be held in the United Kingdom on the 23rd. A number of polls show that the Conservative Party’s support rate has lagged by a big margin behind the newly established “Brexit Party”.

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是的，英国脱欧是英国前首相卡梅伦2013年一月二十三日首次提出来的。2016年六月二十三日，英国正式就是否脱离欧盟进行公开投票表决。

shì de ，Yīngguó tuōōu shì Yīngguó qián shǒuxiàng Kǎ Méilún 2013 nián yīyuè èrshísān rì shǒucì tí chūlái de 。2016 nián liùyuè èrshísān rì ，Yīngguó zhèngshì jiù shìfǒu tuōlí Ōuméng jìnxíng gōngkāi tóupiào biǎojué 。

Yes, Brexit was first proposed by the former UK Prime Minister David Cameron on January 23rd, 2013. On June 23rd, 2016, the UK held a formal referendum on whether or not to leave the EU.

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嗯，结果就是有一千七百四十万人同意英国脱离欧盟，占总投票人数的百分之五十一点九，不同意英国脱离欧盟的人数，占了总投票人数的百分之四十八点一，同意脱欧派以微弱的优势胜出。

ng4 ，jiéguǒ jiùshì yǒu yīqiānqībǎisìshíwàn rén tóngyì Yīngguó tuōlí Ōuméng ，zhàn zǒng tóupiàorén shù de bǎifēnzhī wǔshíyīdiǎnjiǔ ，bùtóngyì Yīngguó tuōlí Ōuméng de rénshù ，zhàn le zǒng tóupiào rénshù de bǎi fēnzhī sìshíbādiǎnyī ，tóngyì tuōōu pài yǐ wēiruò de yōushì shèngchū 。

Yeah, and in the end 17.4 million people voted for Brexit, accounting for 51.9% of voters. Those who didn't agree with a UK exit from the EU accounted for 48.1% of voters, giving Brexit a slim victory.

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投票人数比以前多很多，因为大家都在关注这张成绩单会怎么影响未来两年的美国政府。

tóupiào rénshù bǐ yǐqián duō hěnduō ，yīnwèi dàjiā dōu zài guānzhù zhè zhāng chéngjìdān huì zěnme yǐngxiǎng wèilái liǎngnián de Měiguó zhèngfǔ 。

The voter turnout is much higher than before because everyone is concerned about how this report card would influence the U.S. government for the next two years.

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可以冒昧请问你投票给谁了？

kěyǐ màomèi qǐngwèn nǐ tóupiào gěi shéi le ？

Could I be so bold as to ask who you voted for?

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这个调查还没结束。我们赶紧去投票，支持一下。

zhè gè diàochá hái méi jiéshù 。wǒmen gǎnjǐn qù tóupiào ，zhīchí yīxià 。

This survey has not ended yet. Let's take a vote right away and give our support.

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第一轮没什么可推理的，线索太少。法官，直接投票吧。

dì yī lún méi shénme kě tuīlǐ de ，xiànsuǒ tài shǎo 。fǎguān ，zhíjiē tóupiào ba 。

How can we deduce anything in the first round? There aren't enough clues. Judge, go directly to the vote.