释义 |
self-eˈlected, a. [self- 2.] Elected by oneself, (of a body) elected by its members; transf. of an office to which a person has appointed himself.
1818Scott Rob Roy xxxix, The connivance of Government to his self-elected office of Protector of the Lennox. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 216 Self-elected Town Councils. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xxvi. (ed. 3) 248 Nominally, the election of the directors is in the hands of the stockholders; virtually, they are self-elected. |