voter

/ˈvəʊtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈvəʊtər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈvō-tər/ (ame, mw)

voter — 名詞

1. a person who is entitled by law to choose a candidate in an election and to cast

1.名詞C2
釋義

選民

有選舉權並參與投票的人

a person who is entitled by law to choose a candidate in an election and to cast a vote.

例句

Amihan registered as a voter before the deadline last month.

Amihan 在上個月截止日前完成了選民登記。

register + as a voter — the process of signing up to vote

More than half of eligible voters in the district turned out for the election.

該選區超過一半的合格選民參加了這次選舉的投票。

collocation: eligible voters / voter turnout

同義詞
  • elector

    more formal or legal term, used in official documents and constitutional contexts

  • constituent

    refers specifically to a voter who lives in a particular electoral district

文法句型

countable noun

用法筆記

Often modified by adjectives describing voting behaviour or status, such as registered, eligible, swing, undecided, or absentee. Frequently paired with turnout to describe participation rates in an election.

常見錯誤

❌The electorate went to the polling stations one by one.
✅The voters went to the polling stations one by one.
💡'electorate' is a collective noun for all voters as a group; it cannot refer to individual people.