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🔑 ma·jor·ity AW BrE /məˈdʒɒrəti / NAmE /məˈdʒɔːr əti / /məˈdʒɑːr əti / noun (ma·jor·ities 🔑 [ sing. + sing./pl. v. ] ~ (of sb /sth )the largest part of a group of people or things ◆ The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio . ◆ The majority was /were in favour of banning smoking .◆ This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals . ◆ a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want ◆ In the nursing profession , women are in a /the majority . OPP minority ➡ see also moral majority , silent majority 🔑 [ C ] the number of votes by which one political party wins an election ; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion , etc . wins ◆ She was elected by /with a majority of 749 .◆ a clear (= large majority ◆ ~ (over sb )They had a large majority over their nearest rivals . ◆ The government does not have an overall majority (= more members than all the other parties added together . ◆ The resolution was carried by a huge majority . candidate , constituency , contest , democracy , election , majority , manifesto , poll , referendum , swing vote
Voting in elections 在选举中投票 Running for election 参加选举 conduct/hold an election/a referendum 举行选举/全民公决 (especially NAmE run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House 竞选公职；参加竞选；竞选州长/市长/总统/美国总统 (especially BrE stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term 参加竞选；竞选公职/议会议员；当工党候选人；竞选连任 hold/call/contest a general/national election 举行/要求/角逐大选/全国选举 launch/run a presidential election campaign 开始总统竞选活动 support/back a candidate 支持候选人 sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate 说服选民/全体选民 appeal to/attract/woo/target (NAmE swing voters/ (BrE floating voters 吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 fix/rig/steal an election/the vote 操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票 Voting 投票 go to/be turned away from (especially BrE a polling station/ (NAmE a polling place 去/被拒绝进入投票站投票 cast a/your vote/ballot (for sb) 投（某人）一票 vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party 投票给保守党候选人/民主党 mark/spoil your ballot paper 在选票上做标记；投废票 count (BrE the postal votes/ (especially NAmE the absentee ballots 清点邮寄选票数 go to/be defeated at the ballot box 去投票箱投票；竞选失败 get/win/receive/lose votes 赢得/失去选票 get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote 赢得大众/黑人/拉美裔/穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 win the election/(in the US ) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power 赢得大选/（美国的）初选/议会中的一个席位/多数票/权力 lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat 在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持/席位 win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party) 以压倒多数的选票获胜/掌权 elect/re-elect sb (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman 选举/再度选举某人为市长/总统/议员/参议员/国会议员/国会女议员 Taking power 掌权 be sworn into office/in as president 宣誓就职/就任总统 take/administer (in the US ) the oath of office （美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 swear/take (in the UK ) an/the oath of allegiance （英国）宣誓效忠 give/deliver (in the US ) the president's inaugural address 发表（美国）总统就职演说 take/enter/hold/leave office 就职；任职；离职 appoint sb (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister 任命某人为大使/州长/法官/部长 form a government/a cabinet 组建政府/内阁 serve two terms as prime minister/in office 任两届总理；两届任职 ➡ collocations economy , politics ➡ see also absolute majority 🔑 [ C ] (NAmE the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates ➡ see also plurality [ U ] (law 法律 the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult