無地放矢 Woody Fonsi

ballot box

a box into which people put their voting slips when voting

used to refer to elections or other occasions when people officially vote
投票箱：引申指「選舉」

例  Owing to wave after wave of breaking news on scandal, he could not win at the ballot box.

     由於一波接著一波的醜聞爆發，他無法贏得選舉。

例  Protesters pin hopes on the ballot box after weeks of violence.
      經過數週的暴力衝突，示威者將希望寄託在選舉上。

「ballot」原意就是「不記名投票」，可當動詞或名詞。其他「不記名投票」及「記名投票」的一些說法如下：

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