1. 出局的:vote on 表决 | vote out 出局的 | vote the split ticket 投多党的票
2. 投票使(原任者)落选:vote sb. into the chair 选举某人当主席 | vote out 投票使(原任者)落选 | vote through 投票通过
1. 投票免去…的职务
If people vote out a 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
verb
1. thwart the passage of
e.g. kill a motion
he shot down the student''s proposal
Synonym: killshoot downdefeatvote down