elect
verb /ɪˈlekt/
/ɪˈlekt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they elect | /ɪˈlekt/ /ɪˈlekt/ |
| he / she / it elects | /ɪˈlekts/ /ɪˈlekts/ |
| past simple elected | /ɪˈlektɪd/ /ɪˈlektɪd/ |
| past participle elected | /ɪˈlektɪd/ /ɪˈlektɪd/ |
| -ing form electing | /ɪˈlektɪŋ/ /ɪˈlektɪŋ/ |
- to choose somebody to do a particular job by voting for them
选举；推选 - elect somebody/something Voters will elect a new president on 30 March next year.
选民将于明年3月30日选举新总统。 - the newly/democratically elected government
新的/民主选举的政府 - an elected representative/official/assembly
当选的代表/官员/议会 - What changes will he make if he gets elected?
如果当选，他将进行什么变革？ - elect somebody to something 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。 - elect somebody (as) something He was elected (as) MP for East.
他被选为牛津东区的议员。 - The party first elected her leader in 2017.
该党首次选举她的领导人是在2017年。
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections在选举中投票 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- 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 (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
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
投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
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 (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
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 somebody (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
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 somebody (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
Topics Politicsb2- Five were successful, three being elected unopposed.
5 人成功当选，其中 3 人全票通过。 - He was elected to Parliament in 1997.
他在 1997 年入选议会。 - It was decided that the president should be elected directly in free elections.
经决定总统应通过自由选举直接产生。 - Members of the council are elected annually.
政务委员会委员每年选举一次。 - She has been elected to Parliament.
她获选进入议会。 - They make their own rules and elect their own leaders.
他们制定自己的规则，选举自己的领导人。 - Each officer shall be elected for one term of two years.
每名主席团成员任期两年。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- annually
- locally
- nationally
- …
- to
- be elected
- get elected
- be declared elected
- …
- elect somebody/something Voters will elect a new president on 30 March next year.
- elect to do something (formal) to choose to do something
选择，决定（做某事） - Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.
现在越来越多的人选择在家工作。 - Several of the tenants have elected to move to smaller premises.
几个房客选择搬到较小的房子里。
- Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.
词源late Middle English: from Latin elect- ‘picked out’, from the verb eligere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.