the vote

the vote — 慣用語

1. the guaranteed freedom to participate in an election by casting a ballot, especi

1.慣用語B1
釋義

投票權

投票的法定權利

the guaranteed freedom to participate in an election by casting a ballot, especially in a country's political system — for example, the right of women to vote in national elections, or the right of citizens aged eighteen and over to choose their leaders.

例句

Women in Switzerland finally gained the vote in 1971, after decades of campaigning.

瑞士女性經過數十年的爭取，終於在 1971 年獲得投票權。

collocation: gained + the vote

Sahil felt proud to exercise the vote for the first time at age nineteen.

Sahil 在十九歲時首次行使投票權，感到非常自豪。

collocation: exercise + the vote

同義詞
  • suffrage

    more formal and abstract; often used in historical or legal writing ('universal suffrage').

  • franchise

    formal, especially British English; common in political science ('the franchise was extended').

  • voting rights

    plural form, often used in legal contexts or activist language ('voting rights for minorities').

反義詞

文法句型

have + the vote

gain + the vote

give + someone + the vote

fight for + the vote

deny + someone + the vote

用法筆記

Always used with the definite article 'the'; never 'a vote' or 'votes' in this sense. The phrase cannot be made plural ('the votes' would refer to individual ballots, not the right). Common verb partners include: gain, get, win, have, exercise, give, grant, deny, fight for.

常見錯誤

❌Citizens over eighteen have a vote in national elections.
✅Citizens over eighteen have the vote in national elections.
💡'a vote' means one ballot or one instance of voting, not the legal right.
❌The votes was extended to all adults in 1920.
✅The vote was extended to all adults in 1920.
💡the right is singular, not plural.