题目

a first vote ,a second vote是什么意思?为什么不用the
Slovakia found itself the centre of attention when its parliament
failed to pass a first vote in support of legislation designed to
boost the powers of the European Financial Stability Facility, the
euro-zone’s bail-out fund. After talks the opposition agreed to
back the bill in a second vote, in exchange for early elections in
The
March 2012. The EFSF expansion has been ratified by the 16
other countries in the euro zone.

提问时间：2021-03-16

答案

a first vote 表示"头一次投票” “先前的一次投票”；a second 表示“又”“再”,而不是第二之意.序数词前加the才表示顺序.