| 释义 |
e·lect /ɪˈlekt/ vt. | vi. | a. | n.
I ❶ vt.
1. 选举；推举
elect a president (leader) 选举总统(领导人)
be elected President of the United States 被选为美国总统
elect sb. (to be) chairman (或 elect sb. to the chair) 选某人为主席
The delegates elected him to a new five-year term. 代表们选他连任5年。
2. 选择；决定
First-year students may elect French or German. 一年级学生可以选修法语或德语。
Many of them elected to stay on. 他们中间有许多人决定留下。
3. 【宗】(上帝)挑选(某人)(而使其灵魂永远得救)
❷ vi.
选举；作出选择
the power of the big company to ruin the individual as capriciously as it elects 大公司所具有的能随心所欲摧毁个人意志的力量
II a.
1. 精选的，卓越的
They consider themselves a very elect group. 他们把自己看作是出类拔萃的一群。
2. [常放在名词后构成复合词]当选而尚未就职的；选中的；选定的
the governor-elect 当选州长
the bride elect 待嫁的新娘
3. 【宗】蒙上帝挑选(而灵魂永远得救)的
III [单复同]
n.
[常作 the elect]
1. 被选定的人(们)，当选者
2. 【宗】蒙上帝挑选者
3. 特权集团；特殊阶层
Her status changed from that of “outsider” to one of the elect. 她的地位从“圈子外人”变成了特权集团的一员。
[<L ēligere to select < legere to choose] |