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单词 elect
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elect
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To elect is to choose. A group of citizens may elect the next president, or you may just elect to stay home during the blizzard.
Most famously, in the political sense, elect means to choose a person for public office, usually via an election. It also means to choose a particular course in life of major consequence. You probably don't elect to drink Pepsi over Coke, but you do elect to study a particular major at college, or sign up for military service.
WORD FAMILY
elect: elected, electing, election, elective, electly, elector, electorate, elects, reelect+/elected: nonelected/election: electioneer, elections, electoral/electioneer: electioneered, electioneering, electioneers/electioneering: electioneerings/elective: electively, electives, non-elective, nonelective/elector: electors/electoral: electorally/electorate: electorates/reelect: reelected, reelecting, reelection, reelects/reelection: reelections
USAGE EXAMPLES
It also switched the state superintendent of education from an elected position to one appointed by the board.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The chief minister on Sunday called a meeting of senior leaders and legislators at his house where he was unanimously elected the party's new president.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
This is a tall order for any elected official.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
1v select by a vote for an office or membership
We elected him chairman of the board
Hypo|Hyper
co-opt
choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague
reelect, return
elect again
choose, pick out, select, take
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
2v choose
I elected to have my funds deposited automatically
Hyper
choose, pick out, select, take
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
3adj selected as the best
an elect circle of artists
Syn
elite
selected
chosen in preference to another
4adj elected but not yet installed in office
the president elect
Syn
incoming
arriving at a place or position
5n an exclusive group of people
one of the elect who have power inside the government
Syn|Hyper
chosen
elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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