1 VERB 选举;推选 When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them. 选举;推选
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The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president. [VERB noun]
菲律宾人民已投票选举出了一位新总统。
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Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956. [VERB noun noun]
曼彻斯特学院于1956年推选他做院长。
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The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president. [VERB noun + as]
该国将发生重大转变,选举一位女性担任新总统。
SYN vote for, choose, pick, determine
2 VERB 选择,决定(做) If you elect to do something, you choose to do it. 选择,决定(做) [formal]
SYN choose, decide, prefer, select
3 ADJ [n ADJ] 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. 已当选但未就任的;候任的 [formal]
SYN future, to-be, coming, next
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