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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb [transitive] 1 PPVto choose someone for an official position by voting 选举，推选 the country’s first democratically elected government 该国第一个民主选举产生的政府 a new method for electing the leader of the party 选举党领导的新方式be elected to something He was elected to a US state governorship. 他当选美国州长。be elected (as) president/leader/mayor etc In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament. 1768年，约翰·威尔克斯当选为他们地区的议员。n Grammar Elect is often passive in this meaning.► see thesaurus at vote2 elect to do something formalCHOOSE to choose to do something 选择做某事 You can elect to delete the message or save it. 你可以选择删除或者保存信息。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
elect• The founder-members numbered eleven, and in the first ten years of its existence a further forty-three members were elected.• Britain must now throw this opportunity away by electing a Labour government.• Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program.• I think we should start by electing a new chairman.• One is the Legislature, whose members are elected by the people to enact laws.• Ken Livingstone was elected mayor of London in May 2000.• Dudayev declared Chechnya independent in 1991, shortly after he was elected president.• In return for getting Democrats elected, Sweeney will be expecting favors.• Prior to 1981, most companies elected to use an accelerated method of depreciation for tax purposes.democratically elected• The press was horrified and questioned whether Britain was still governable under a democratically elected administration.• The politician may have been democratically elected but the politician does not have the same experience as the career official.• S.-backed coup which overthrew a democratically elected government.• They saw their democratically elected president overthrown by a military coup.elect2 adjective president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc PGOthe person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job 候任[当选而尚未就任的]总统/州长/首相等From Longman Business Dictionaryelecte‧lect1 /ɪˈlekt/ verb [transitive] to choose someone for an official position by votingthe country’s first democratically elected presidentelect somebody toJohn Brown was elected to the board last year.elect somebody (as) president/chairman etcSteven J. Shapiro was elected vice president, corporate planning. —elected adjectivean elected member of the board→ See Verb tableelectelect2 adjective chairman/president elect a person who has been elected to a particular job but has not yet started doing itthe Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s chairman electOrigin elect1 (1400-1500) Latin electus, past participle of eligere “to choose”e·lect1 verb →n GRAMMAR1elect2 adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
someone choose to Corpus Business by official an position voting for
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e‧lect1 S3 W3 /ɪˈlekt/ 
verb [transitive usually passive]
the country’s first democratically elected government
a new method for electing the leader of the party
elect somebody to something
He was elected to a US state governorship.
elect somebody (as) president/leader/mayor etc
In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament.
2. elect to do something formal to choose to do something:
You can elect to delete the message or save it.
▪ vote [intransitive and transitive] to show which person or party you want, or whether you support a plan, by marking a piece of paper, raising your hand etc: I’ve voted Democrat all my life. | You can vote for your favourite singer. | A majority of the people voted for independence. | In tomorrow’s election, many young people will be voting for the first time.
▪elect [transitive] to choose a leader, representative, or government by voting, so that they become the new leader, representative etc: He was elected mayor of London. | the newly-elected government | I think we should start by electing a new chairman.
▪go to the polls if a country or voters go to the polls, they vote in an election - used especially in news reports: The US goes to the polls in November. | The economic crisis could well be a decisive factor when voters go to the polls this autumn.
▪take a vote if a group of people at a meeting take a vote, they vote about something: We should take a vote on whether or not to accept their offer. | They took a vote and picked Bernard.
▪cast your vote formal to mark a piece of paper, call a telephone number etc in order to vote: The first votes have been cast in the country’s general election. | Click here to cast your vote.
▪ballot [transitive] to ask the members of an organization to vote on something in order to decide what to do: The union will ballot its members on whether to go ahead with the strike action.
▪veto [transitive] to vote against something that other people have agreed on, so that it cannot happen: The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.
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verb [transitive usually passive] Word Family: noun: election, re-election, elector, electorate, electioneering; adjective: elected ≠ unelected, electoral, elect; verb: elect, re-elect; adverb: electorally
Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: electus, past participle of eligere 'to choose'
1. to choose someone for an official position by voting:Language: Latin
Origin: electus, past participle of eligere 'to choose'
elect somebody to something
elect somebody (as) president/leader/mayor etc
2. elect to do something formal to choose to do something:
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adjective Word Family: noun: election, re-election, elector, electorate, electioneering; adjective: elected ≠ unelected, electoral, elect; verb: elect, re-elect; adverb: electorally
president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc the person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job
Running for election 参加选举
conduct/hold an election/a referendum举行选举／全民公决 ( especially
NAmE run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House竞选公职；参加竞选；竞选州长／市长／总统／美国总统 ( especially
BrE stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term参加竞选；竞选公职／议会议员；当工党候选人；竞选连任 hold/call/contest a general/national election举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 launch/run a presidential election campaign开始总统竞选活动 support/back a candidate支持候选人 sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate说服选民／全体选民 appeal to/attract/woo/target ( swing voters/NAmE ( floating votersBrE 吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 fix/rig/steal an election/the vote操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
Voting 投票
go to/be turned away from ( a polling station/especially
BrE ( a polling placeNAmE 去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 cast a/your vote/ballot (for sb)投（某人）一票 vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party投票给保守党候选人／民主党 mark/spoil your ballot paper在选票上做标记；投废票 count ( the postal votes/BrE ( the absentee ballotsespecially
NAmE 清点邮寄选票数 go to/be defeated at the ballot box去投票箱投票；竞选失败 get/win/receive/lose votes赢得／失去选票 get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 win the election/(in the US ) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 elect/re-elect sb (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
Taking power 掌权
be sworn into office/in as president宣誓就职／就任总统 take/administer (in the US ) the oath of office（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 swear/take (in the UK ) an/the oath of allegiance（英国）宣誓效忠 give/deliver (in the US ) the president's inaugural address发表（美国）总统就职演说 take/enter/hold/leave office就职；任职；离职 appoint sb (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 form a government/a cabinet组建政府／内阁 serve two terms as prime minister/in office任两届总理；两届任职