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单词 election
释义

election

/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n /
noun
1A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position: the 2008 local council elections [mass noun]: he agreed to stand for election...
  • The far left has failed to fully build on its vote in the presidential elections.
  • What you vote for in elections is not more freedom and more democracy but more politicians.
  • Two thirds of the electorate in Hackney did not vote in the council elections this year.

Synonyms

ballot, vote, poll, referendum, plebiscite, general election, local election, popular vote, straw vote/poll, show of hands
voting (in), choosing, picking, selection, choice, appointment
1.1 [mass noun] The action of electing or the fact of being elected: his election to the House of Representatives...
  • That same year he gained election to a fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge.
  • Among the honours which Mansion received was election to the Royal Academy of Belgium.
  • Among his many foreign honours was election to the Académie des Sciences of Paris.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin electio(n-), from eligere 'pick out' (see elect).

Rhymes

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