Election
[ɪ'lekʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'lɛkʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; 'her election of medicine as a profession'.
(noun.) a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; 'the results of the election will be announced tonight'.
(noun.) the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists).
(noun.) the status or fact of being elected; 'they celebrated his election'.
杰罗姆录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
(a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
(a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
(a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
(a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
(a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
(a.) Those who are elected.
巴尔托迪编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Selection, preference, choice.[2]. (Theol.) Predestination.
格雷西校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Choice, acceptance, selection, preference
ANT:Postponement, rejection, reprobation
艾迪整理
娱乐性解释：
To dream that you are at an election, foretells you will engage in some controversy which will prove detrimental to your social or financial standing.
校对:卢瑟
娱乐性解释：
A periodical picnic for the American People. Held in booths, where the Voter puts in his ballot, and The Machine elects whatever it chooses. A day when the lowliest may make their mark and even beggars may ride; when the Glad Mit gets promiscuous and everything is full—particularly the lodging-houses.
整理:伊冯
例句:
- While a citizen of Missouri, my first opportunity for casting a vote at a Presidential election occurred. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- As I sat by Baby's crib, on the night before the election, Baby was very uneasy in her sleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- A new Lord Protector of England was to be chosen; and, at Raymond's request, we removed to London, to witness, and even take a part in the election. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Not half so strange as a miraculous circumstance as happened to my own father, at an election time, in this wery place, Sir,' replied Sam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- During my stay in Detroit there was an election for city officers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But the vow had been part of the bargain by which he secured the support of Pope Innocent III in his election as emperor. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- They backed the election of a Jacobin as Mayor of Paris. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- If the collector himself should become bankrupt, the parish which elects him must answer for his conduct to the receiver-general of the election. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- There is likely to be another election before long, and by that time Middlemarch will have got more ideas into its head. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But I doubt if they had more meaning in them than an election cry, and I cannot suggest a darker picture of her state of mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Nor do we know if the methods of election used for the Soviets are any improvement upon the unsatisfactory methods in use in the Atlantic democracies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- His questions were answered by a general cry, in which the words election, sin, and red right arm of God, could alone be heard. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Did you say that Mr. Rouncewell had been very active in this election? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- With regard to the old infirmary, we have gained the initial point--I mean your election. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- This had been the secret of his secession at the time of Lord Raymond's election. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In the greater part of those provinces of France, which are called the countries of elections, the taille is of this kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Without adding machines the public would be obliged to wait for days for the results of most elections. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- What women want is surely something a great deal deeper than the privilege of taking part in elections. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I know a little too much about Middlemarch elections. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The citizens, therefore, who had no land, had scarce any other means of subsistence but the bounties of the candidates at the annual elections. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- According to a logic, the more elections the more democratic. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- If a recall election is held when the people petition for it, why not all elections? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The boss, and the bosslet, the heeler--the men who are it--all are there exercising the real power, the power that independently of charters and elections decides what shall happen. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- This is regarded as undemocratic for the reason that democracy has come to mean a series of elections. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- In Great Britain we do not have Elections any more; we have Rejections. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The new elections were finished; parliament met, and Raymond was occupied in a thousand beneficial schemes. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Graham Wallas was a candidate in five municipal elections, and has held an important office as member of the London County Council. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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