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.
双语例句
1. At first it looked like I was going to win by acclamation.
起初看起来我会以口头表决的方式获胜。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The news was greeted with considerable popular acclamation.
