Elect

[ɪ'lekt] or [ɪ'lɛkt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) choose; 'I elected to have my funds deposited automatically'.

(verb.) select by a vote for an office or membership; 'We elected him chairman of the board'.

(adj.) selected as the best; 'an elect circle of artists'; 'elite colleges' .

(adj.) elected but not yet installed in office; 'the president elect' .

哈恩編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

(a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

(a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

(n.) One chosen or set apart.

(n.) Those who are chosen for salvation.

(v. t.) To pick out; to select; to choose.

(v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

(v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Choose, select, cull, pick, pick out, make choice of.

a. Chosen, selected, picked, choice.

編輯:塔比瑟

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Elite, choice, accepted, chosen

ANT:Rejected, reprobate

編輯:罗伊

解釋/意思:

v.t. to choose out: to select for any office or purpose: to select by vote.—adj. chosen: taken by preference from among others: chosen for an office but not yet in it (almost always after the noun as 'consul elect').—n. one chosen or set apart.—n. Elec′tion the act of electing or choosing: the public choice of a person for office usually by the votes of a constituent body: freewill: (theol.) the exercise of God's sovereign will in the predetermination of certain persons to salvation: (B.) those who are elected.—v.i. Electioneer′ to labour to secure the election of a candidate.—n. Electioneer′er.—n. and adj. Electioneer′ing the soliciting of votes and other business of an election.—adj. Elect′ive pertaining to dependent on or exerting the power of choice.—adv. Elect′ively.—ns. Electiv′ity; Elect′or one who elects: one who has a vote at an election: the title formerly belonging to those princes and archbishops of the German Empire who had the right to elect the Emperor:—fem. Elect′ress Elect′oress.—adjs. Elect′oral Electō′rial pertaining to elections or to electors: consisting of electors.—ns. Elect′orate the dignity or the territory of an elector: the body of electors; Elect′orship.—The elect (theol.) those chosen by God for salvation.

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