tóuㄊㄡˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)

  2. 2

    to cast (a ballot)

  3. 3

    to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)

  4. 4

    to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)

  5. 5

    to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)

  6. 6

    to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)

  7. 7

    to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of

  8. 8

    (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

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奇怪的是,誰也沒有投那候選人一票。

Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.

這投資保證有 6% 的回報。

A 6% yield is guaranteed on the investment.

今年,在这场选举中,她用手指触摸屏幕投下自己的选票,因为在美国生活了106年之后,经历了最好的时光和最黑暗的时刻之后,她知道美国如何能够发生变革。

今年,在這場選舉中,她用手指觸摸屏幕投下自己的選票,因爲在美國生活了106年之後,經歷了最好的時光和最黑暗的時刻之後,她知道美國如何能夠發生變革。

And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote; because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

把这张邮票贴在明信片上,然后投到邮箱里。

把這張郵票貼在明信片上,然後投到郵箱裏。

Put this stamp on the postcard and drop it in the mailbox.

敵方投下炸彈,把工廠炸毀了。

The enemy dropped bombs on the factory.

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