voting

vote /vǝƱt/ n

၁။ [C] ~ (for/against sb/sth) ; ~ (on sth) မဲ။ ဆန္ဒ။ မဲဆန္ဒ။ ဆန္ဒမဲ။ cast/record one's vote ❍ take/hold a vote on sth ❍ settle/decide/resolve the matter by a vote ❍ put sth to the vote (ie decide a matter by voting) ❍ The Labour candidate received/polled 8 000 votes. ❍ The measure was passed/defeated by 9 votes to 6. ❍ The vote went against him.
၂။ the vote [sing] (က) မဲ။ attempts to win the teenage/immigrant/Scottish vote. (ခ) မဲ။ split the vote (eg between rival apposition parties) ❍ The Socialists got 35% of the vote.
၃။ the vote [sing] မဲပေးခွင့်။ US nationals get the vote at 18.
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၁။ ~ (for/against sb/sth) ; ~ (on sth) ဆန္ဒမဲပေးသည်။ ဆန္ဒပြုသည်။ မဲခွဲသည်။ vote by ballot/proxy/post ❍ vote for/against the motion ❍ If we cannot agree, let's vote on it. ❍ Vote Morris/Labour on polling day! ❍ I voted ‘No’ in the referendum. ❍ Are you old enough to vote? ❍ How did you vote? ❍ The workers voted to continue the strike.
၂။ မဲခွဲ၍ ရွေးချယ်သည်။ I was voted chairman.
၃။ ပေးရန်သဘောတူသည်။ The directors have just voted themselves a large pay increase.
၄။ (esp passive) သတ်မှတ်သည်။ ကြေညာသည်။ The show was voted a success. ❍ The judges voted my cake the best.
၅။ (infml ) အကြံပြုသည်။ အဆိုပြုသည်။ I vote (that) we stay here.
❏ vote sb/sth down [PHRV ] ကန့်ကွက်မဲ ဖြင့် ဖြုတ်ချသည်၊ ချေဖျက်သည်။
❏ vote sb in/out/on/off ; vote sb into/out of/onto/off sth [PHRV ] ဆန္ဒမဲဖြင့် တင်မြှောက် သည် (သို့) ကန့်ကွက်မဲဖြင့် ဖြုတ်ချသည်။
vote the Liberals in ❍ She was voted out of office/off the board.
❏ vote of confidence n (usu sing ) ထောက်ခံမဲ။ pass a vote of confidence in sb.
❏ vote of no confidence n (usu sing ) အယုံအကြည်မရှိ အဆို။ survive a vote of no confidence.
❏ vote of thanks n ဩဘာပေးရန် ပရိသတ်အား ဖိတ်ခေါ်ချက်။ propose a vote of thanks.
❏ voter n မဲဆန္ဒရှင်။ canvass voters ❍ policies designed to woo voters. See also FLOATING VOTER
❏ vote sth through [PHRV ] မဲဖြင့်အတည်ပြုသည်။ Congress voted the bill through without a debate.
❏ vote with one's feet [IDM ] ရှောင်ဖယ်ခြင်းအားဖြင့် ဆန္ဒပြသည်။ The villagers voted with their feet by staying away from the meeting.
❏ voting n ဆန္ဒမဲပေးခြင်း။ the first round of voting ❍ a new system of voting ❍ tactical voting ❍ a voting paper/slip ❍ voting patterns.