一周熱詞榜(4.29-5.5)
CHINADAILY手機報 2017-05-08 12:34
5. 事前投票
early voting
請看例句:
The Republic of Korea (ROK) began early voting on Thursday in the election to replace ousted president Park Geun-hye. Early voters can cast ballots at about 3,510 polling stations across the country before the election next Tuesday, the National Election Commission said in a statement.
4日,韓國總統(tǒng)選舉開啟"事前投票",以尋找遭罷黜總統(tǒng)樸槿惠的繼任者。全國選舉委員會在一份聲明中稱,在9日舉行的正式選舉前,事前選民可以在全國約3510個投票站進行投票。
"事前投票(early voting)"是指允許可能在選舉日當天缺席投票(be absent on election day)的選民提前投票(cast ballots earlier)的制度,旨在提高選民的投票票數(shù)(in hopes of boosting voter turnout)。近年來,韓國在國會和市長選舉(parliamentary and mayoral elections)中引入了事前投票制度,但還是第一次將其用于總統(tǒng)選舉。本次大選事前投票時間為4日和5日兩天。事前投票的票數(shù)(advance votes)將計入最終投票結果。
樸槿惠遭到彈劾罷免改變了韓國大選的時間表(Park's impeachment and removal from office changed the ROK's election schedule),總統(tǒng)選舉由原定的今年12月提前至5月9日舉行。大選獲勝者將免去兩個月的過渡期(forgo the two-month transition),立刻作為新總統(tǒng)走馬上任(be sworn in as the new president immediately)。選前調(diào)查(pre-election survey)顯示,共同民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人文在寅輕松領先其主要對手(comfortably leads his main rivals)。
[相關詞匯]
投票日 polling day
缺席投票 absentee voting
合格選民 eligible voter
政治觀察員 political watcher
投票亭 voting booth
(來源:CHINADAILY手機報,編輯:丹妮)