1540s, from Latin acclamationem (nominative acclamatio) "a calling, exclamation, shout of approval," noun of action from past participle stem of acclamare "shout approval or disapproval of, cry out at," from ad- "toward" (see ad-) + clamare "cry out" (see claim (v.)). As a method of voting en masse, by 1801, probably from the French Revolution.
雙語例句
1. At first it looked like I was going to win by acclamation.
起初看起來我會以口頭表決的方式獲勝。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The news was greeted with considerable popular acclamation.