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Elect Elected Choose ɪˈlekt Sb People   [V Sth

The word "elect" means to choose someone for an official position through voting, or to choose to do something. It can also be used as an adjective to describe someone who has been elected but has not yet taken office.

English

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Collins
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[VERB 动词]选举;推选 When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
  [V n]
  [V n n]
  [V n as n]
  • The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...

    菲律宾人民已投票选举出了一位新总统。

  • Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...

    曼彻斯特学院于1956年推选他做院长。

  • The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president.

    该国将发生重大转变,选举一位女性担任新总统。

elected
  • ...the country's democratically elected president.

    该国的民选总统

2
[VERB 动词]选择,决定(做) If you elect to do something, you choose to do it.
  [V to-inf]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.

    那些想吸烟的人将坐在后排。

3
[ADJ 形容词]已当选但未就任的;候任的 Elect is added after words such as 'president' or 'governor' to indicate that a person has been elected to the post but has not officially started to carry out the duties involved.
  [n ADJ]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the date when the president-elect takes office.

    候任总统就职日


Oxford elect / ɪˈlekt ; NAmE ɪˈlekt /
verb
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adjective
elect elects elected electing
verb 1 to choose sb to do a particular job by voting for them 选举;推选 electsb/sth an elected assembly/leader/representative 选出的议会╱领导人╱代表 the newly elected government 新选的政府 electsb to sth She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. 她成为第一个被选进参议院的黑人妇女。 electsb (as) sth | electsb + noun He was elected (as) MP for Oxford East. 他被选为牛津东区的议员。 collocationsat
vote
2 electto do sth ( formal) to choose to do sth 选择,决定(做某事) Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays. 现在越来越多的人选择在家工作。
adjective 1 used after nouns to show that sb has been chosen for a job, but is not yet doing that job (用于名词后)当选而尚未就职的,候任的 the president elect 候任总统 2 the elect noun [plural ] ( religion ) people who have been chosen to be saved from punishment after death 上帝的选民 elect / ɪˈlekt ; NAmE ɪˈlekt /
LDC
elect1 verb
elect2 adjective
electe‧lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb [transitive]
Word Origin
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1to choose someone for an official position by voting:  the country’s first democratically elected government a new method for electing the leader of the partybe elected to something He was elected to a US state governorship.be elected (as) president/leader/mayor etc In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament.GRAMMAR Elect is often passive in this meaning. see thesaurus at
vote
2elect to do something formal to choose to do something:  You can elect to delete the message or save it.
elect1 verb
elect2 adjective
electelect2 adjective
Collocations
Phrases
Word family
president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc the person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job
WDF

elect

[ɪˈlekt]elected, electing, elects

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Spoken:

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elected[7881] electing[260]
选举(69%),选择(23%),当选的(5%),精选的(2%),被选中者(1%)
n.被选的人;特殊阶层;上帝的选民
adj.选出的;当选的;卓越的
vi.作出选择;进行选举
vt.选举;选择;推选

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