单词 | absentee vote |
释义 | absentee vote in British Englishnoun US a vote cast in advance by a voter who will be unable to go to the polling place on polling day Increased absentee votes also tend to increase election-night suspense. absentee vote in American Englishnoun a vote cast by a person who, because of absence from usual voting district, illness, or the like, has been permitted to vote by mail Derived forms absentee voterWord origin [1930–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, kickback, logical positivism, old school tie, uncertainty principle |
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