elect

Word family noun election re-election elector electorate electioneering electabilityelectioneererelectivityelectorshipelectoral collegeadjective elected ≠ unelected electoral elect electableelectedelectiveverb elect re-elect electioneeradverb electorally electively

Related topics: Voting

e·lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ S3 W3 verb [transitiveT]

1 PPVto choose someone for an official position by voting 选举，推选

the country’s first democratically elected government

该国第一个民主选举产生的政府

a new method for electing the leader of the party

选举党领导的新方式

be elected to something

He was elected to a US state governorship.

他当选美国州长。

be elected (as) president/leader/mayor etc

In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament.

1768年，约翰·威尔克斯当选为他们地区的议员。

n Grammar

Elect is often passive in this meaning.

► see thesaurus at vote

2 elect to do something formalCHOOSE to choose to do something 选择做某事

You can elect to delete the message or save it.

你可以选择删除或者保存信息。

Examples from the Corpus

elect to do something• In a magnanimous fit of estate planning, Cook elects to divide the farm between his three daughters.• No permission is required to photograph the monoline, unless you elect to do this inside a station.• The committee elected not to fire Johnson.• Out of which I was elected to help him rise.• In 1972, at the age of 23, he was elected to parliament.• He then elects to take his new pet to California, but he only has five days to unload his pachyderm.• But both say the loan was paid off by December 1993, almost a year before Gentry was elected to the council.• No new members were elected to the party central committee.• More blacks have been elected to the state legislature, and a black also heads the Dade county commission.

Examples from the Corpus

elect• The founder-members numbered eleven, and in the first ten years of its existence a further forty-three members were elected.• Britain must now throw this opportunity away by electing a Labour government.• Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program.• I think we should start by electing a new chairman.• One is the Legislature, whose members are elected by the people to enact laws.• Ken Livingstone was elected mayor of London in May 2000.• Dudayev declared Chechnya independent in 1991, shortly after he was elected president.• In return for getting Democrats elected, Sweeney will be expecting favors.• Prior to 1981, most companies elected to use an accelerated method of depreciation for tax purposes.

democratically elected• The press was horrified and questioned whether Britain was still governable under a democratically elected administration.• The politician may have been democratically elected but the politician does not have the same experience as the career official.• S.-backed coup which overthrew a democratically elected government.• They saw their democratically elected president overthrown by a military coup.

elect2 adjectiveadj

president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc PGOthe person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job 候任[当选而尚未就任的]总统/州长/首相等

From Longman Business Dictionary

electe·lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ verb [transitiveT]

to choose someone for an official position by voting

the country’s first democratically elected president

elect somebody to

John Brown was elected to the board last year.

elect somebody (as) president/chairman etc

Steven J. Shapiro was elected vice president, corporate planning.

—elected adjectiveadj

an elected member of the board

electelect2 adjectiveadj

chairman/president elect a person who has been elected to a particular job but has not yet started doing it

the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s chairman elect

Origin elect1

(1400-1500) Latin electus, past participle of eligere “to choose”

单词	elect
释义	elect Word family noun election re-election elector electorate electioneering electabilityelectioneererelectivityelectorshipelectoral collegeadjective elected ≠ unelected electoral elect electableelectedelectiveverb elect re-elect electioneeradverb electorally electively Related topics: Voting e·lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb [transitiveT] 1 PPVto choose someone for an official position by voting 选举，推选 the country’s first democratically elected government 该国第一个民主选举产生的政府 a new method for electing the leader of the party 选举党领导的新方式 be elected to something He was elected to a US state governorship. 他当选美国州长。 be elected (as) president/leader/mayor etc In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament. 1768年，约翰·威尔克斯当选为他们地区的议员。 n Grammar Elect is often passive in this meaning. ► see thesaurus at vote 2 elect to do something formalCHOOSE to choose to do something 选择做某事 You can elect to delete the message or save it. 你可以选择删除或者保存信息。 Examples from the Corpus elect to do something• In a magnanimous fit of estate planning, Cook elects to divide the farm between his three daughters.• No permission is required to photograph the monoline, unless you elect to do this inside a station.• The committee elected not to fire Johnson.• Out of which I was elected to help him rise.• In 1972, at the age of 23, he was elected to parliament.• He then elects to take his new pet to California, but he only has five days to unload his pachyderm.• But both say the loan was paid off by December 1993, almost a year before Gentry was elected to the council.• No new members were elected to the party central committee.• More blacks have been elected to the state legislature, and a black also heads the Dade county commission. Examples from the Corpus elect• The founder-members numbered eleven, and in the first ten years of its existence a further forty-three members were elected.• Britain must now throw this opportunity away by electing a Labour government.• Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program.• I think we should start by electing a new chairman.• One is the Legislature, whose members are elected by the people to enact laws.• Ken Livingstone was elected mayor of London in May 2000.• Dudayev declared Chechnya independent in 1991, shortly after he was elected president.• In return for getting Democrats elected, Sweeney will be expecting favors.• Prior to 1981, most companies elected to use an accelerated method of depreciation for tax purposes. democratically elected• The press was horrified and questioned whether Britain was still governable under a democratically elected administration.• The politician may have been democratically elected but the politician does not have the same experience as the career official.• S.-backed coup which overthrew a democratically elected government.• They saw their democratically elected president overthrown by a military coup. elect2 adjectiveadj president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc PGOthe person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job 候任[当选而尚未就任的]总统/州长/首相等 From Longman Business Dictionary electe·lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ verb [transitiveT] to choose someone for an official position by voting the country’s first democratically elected president elect somebody to John Brown was elected to the board last year. elect somebody (as) president/chairman etc Steven J. Shapiro was elected vice president, corporate planning. —elected adjectiveadj an elected member of the board electelect2 adjectiveadj chairman/president elect a person who has been elected to a particular job but has not yet started doing it the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s chairman elect Origin elect1 (1400-1500) Latin electus, past participle of eligere “to choose”
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