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单词 re-eligible
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re-eligibleadj.

Brit. /ˌriːˈɛlᵻdʒᵻbl/, U.S. /riˈɛlədʒəbəl/
Forms: 1700s– re-eligible, 1800s reëligible.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, eligible adj.
Etymology: < re- prefix + eligible adj.
Eligible for something again; esp. eligible for re-election to the same office.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > appointed by election > qualified for election > able to be re-elected
re-eligible1774
1774 J. Burgh Polit. Disquis. II. i. vii. 193 Placemen excluded from the house of commons, and not re-eligible by the laws now in being.
1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxix. 231 That magistrate is to be elected for four years; and is to be re-eligible as often as the people of the United States shall think him worthy of their confidence.
1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 91 The member going out of the directory is not re-eligible in less than five years.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 26/2 The person so appointed to vacate is not re-eligible for the ensuing year.
1884 Law Times 8 Mar. 3 The Examiners above-named are re-eligible.
1927 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 21 iv. 803 A number of candidates..were held to be indefinitely reëligible whereas the remaining members were to be considered reëligible only at every other election.
1954 Jrnl. Ecol. 42 ii. 581 The two Honorary Treasurers shall be elected for a period of three years and shall be re-eligible.
2007 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 Dec. (Sport section) 122 He was not due to play top flight cricket again until Friday, when he was re-eligible to start for WA against South Australian in the Pura Cup.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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