•She was too young to vote in the national election.她的年龄太小，不能在全国大选中投票。

•The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.委员会就这一提议进行投票表决，结果一致通过。

•Did you vote for or against the motion?对这项动议你投了赞成票还是反对票？

•Over 55% voted Liberal.55%的选民投了自由党的票。

•[+ to infinitive] A majority of staff voted to accept the offer of an 8% pay rise.表决中绝大多数员工同意接受8%的工资升幅。

•[+ (that)] I vote (that) we (= It is my opinion that we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.我觉得我们应该先去看电影，然后再去吃饭。

•[+ obj + noun] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= This was most people's opinion).大部分人认为那场晚会是非常成功的。

•It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee (= Smith joined because he was the choice of the younger members).是年纪较轻的成员将史密斯选进了委员会。

•The Republican Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).共和党被选上／下了台。

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•When the price of skiing doubled, tourists voted with their feet and just stopped going.当滑雪的价格上升一倍的时候，游客们都不愿接受，所以干脆就不去了。

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•The proposal to build a new road through the forest was voted down by the local council.穿过森林修建一条新路的提议被当地市政会投票否决了。

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•The committee voted through a proposal to cut the defence budget.该委员会投票通过了一项议案来削减国防预算。

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•The suggestion was approved, with 25 votes in favour, and 7 against.25票赞成，7票反对，这项提议获得了通过。

•She cast her vote (= voted) for the Communist Party.她投票支持共产党。

•We called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue.我们召集了一次会议对这个问题进行表决。

•The Green Party got/took 25% of the vote.绿党获得了总票数的25%。

•They are trying to capture the working-class vote (= to persuade those people to vote for them).他们正在试图争取工人阶级的选票。

•In some countries women still don't have the vote.在某些国家女性仍然没有选举权。

•The proposal was read out and then put to the vote.这项提议被宣读，然后提交表决。