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elect vt.选举,推选 v.选择,作出选择,选举,选举,选举 Most famously, in the political sense, elect means to choose a person for public office, usually via an election. It also means to choose a particular course in life of major consequence. You probably don't elect to drink Pepsi over Coke, but you do elect to study a particular major at college, or sign up for military service. ★★★★☆ 2006.6

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[i'lekt] To elect is to choose. A group of citizens may elect the next president, or you may just elect to stay home during the blizzard. I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic way about moral problems. 1[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

英语单词	elect
英美音标	[i'lekt]
中文释义	vt.选举,推选 v.选择,作出选择,选举,选举,选举
vocab简明	To elect is to choose. A group of citizens may elect the next president, or you may just elect to stay home during the blizzard.
vocab扩展	Most famously, in the political sense, elect means to choose a person for public office, usually via an election. It also means to choose a particular course in life of major consequence. You probably don't elect to drink Pepsi over Coke, but you do elect to study a particular major at college, or sign up for military service.
真题原句	I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic way about moral problems.
柯林斯星级	★★★★☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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
来源	2006.6

Elect Choose [V Person Elected N Means Life