elect
elect 英 [ɪˈlekt] 美 [ɪˈlɛkt]
v. 选举
进行时:electing 过去式:elected 过去分词:elected 第三人称单数:elects 名词复数:elects
- 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.
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- v. 选举
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1. an elected assembly, an elected leader, an elected representative
选出的议会╱领导人╱代表
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2. the newly elected government
新选的政府
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3. He was elected as MP for Oxford East.
他被选为牛津东区的议员。
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4. Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.
现在越来越多的人选择在家工作。
- elect (adj.) early 15c., of action, "voluntary;" of persons, "taken in preference to others," especially "chosen by God for some special purpose," from Latin electus, past participle of eligere "to pick out, choose," from ex "out" (see ex-) + -ligere, combining form of legere "to choose," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather." The noun meaning "those chosen by God" is from early 15c.
- elect (v.) early 15c., "to choose for an office, position, or duty," from Latin electus, past participle of eligere "to pick out, choose," from ex "out" (see ex-) + -ligere, combining form of legere "to choose," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather." Related: Elected; electing.
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