elect.

美 [ɪ'lekt]

英 [ɪ'lekt]

权威英汉双解

elect.

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1.	选举；推选to choose sb to do a particular job by voting for them

	an elected assembly/leader/representative 选出的议会╱领导人╱代表
	the newly elected government 新选的政府
	She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. 她成为第一个被选进参议院的黑人妇女。
	He was elected (as) MP for Oxford East. 他被选为牛津东区的议员。

2.	~ to do sth 选择，决定（做某事）to choose to do sth

Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.

现在越来越多的人选择在家工作。

adj.

1.	（用于名词后）当选而尚未就职的，候任的used after nouns to show that sb has been chosen for a job, but is not yet doing that job

the president elect

候任总统

1.	[pl] 上帝的选民people who have been chosen to be saved from punishment after death