学个词Learn a Word 第441期 Deadline

今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。"April 15th is the income tax filing deadline," 民主党总统提名的宾夕法尼亚州党内初选下星期二举行。"Absentee voters have to send in their ballots¹ before this Tuesday's deadline," 缺席投票的选民必须在本周二最后期限之前将选票寄到规定部门。"Yahoo is facing an April 26th deadline to accept a $42B offer from Microsoft," 雅虎要在4月26号最后期限之前决定是否接受微软提出的420亿美元的收购案。好的，今天我们学习的词是deadline...

 

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n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》