elect

英 [ɪ'lekt] 美 [ɪ'lekt]

• v. 选举；选择
• adj. 精选的；当选的；[神学]被上帝选中的
• n. 被选中者；[神学]上帝的选民

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 选举

   choose by voting

2. vt. 选择,决定

   choose to direct to do sth

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 选举，推选，推举
2. 决定
3. 进行（投票）选举
4. 选（举）某人任某职
5. 作出选择，选择
6. 当选
7. 自愿，甘心

adj. 形容词

1. 当选的，被选定的
2. 当选而尚未上任的，候任的
3. 卓越的
4. 经过挑选的
5. 被选的，选出的，精选的
6. 【神】被上帝选中的

n. 名词

1. 【神】上帝的选民
2. 当选人，被选定的人，被选中者
3. 被选定的人们
4. 特殊阶层
5. 特权集团
6. 被选的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. an exclusive group of people;

   "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
   

Adjective:

1. selected as the best;

   "an elect circle of artists"
   "elite colleges"
   

2. elected but not yet installed in office;

   "the president elect"
   

Verb:

1. select by a vote for an office or membership;

   "We elected him chairman of the board"
   

2. choose;

   "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They elected him chairman.
   他们选他做主席。
2. They organized a poll to elect a president.
   他们组织了一次投票选举总统。
3. You can't elect to deal at some other rate.
   不能选择其他价格。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The President elect will be installed next week.
   候任总统将在下周正式就任。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will head to the polls to elect governors.
   新泽西州和弗吉利亚的选民将投票选出他们的州长。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Americans elect a President every four years.
   美国人民每隔四年选一次总统。
2. They elected a new mayor.
   他们选了一位新市长。
3. We elected two deputies among us.
   在我们当中选两名代表。
4. Concentrators in geological sciences elect either geology or geography.
   主修地质学的学生要选修地质学或地理课程。
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5. The chairman was elected by secret ballot.
   主席由无记名投票选举。

S+～+to- v

1. I elect to stay.
   我决定留下来。
2. He elected to become an engineer.
   他决定当工程师。
3. She has elected to become an agronomist.
   她决心做一个农学家。
4. They elected to go on foot.
   他们决定步行去。
5. If you elect to be tried by a jury, the justices will refer the case to quarter sessions.
   假如你愿意由陪审团来审理,法官将把此案移交地方法院。
6. Employees may elect to take their pensions in monthly payments or as single lump sum.
   雇员可选择每月或一笔一次性领取的退休金。
7. They elected to die fighting rather than surrender.
   他们宁愿战死也不愿投降。

S+～+that-clause

1. He elected that he should become a doctor.
   他决定要做一名医生。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +(to be/as) n.

1. We elected him (to be) monitor.
   我们选他当班长。
2. They elected him (as) President.
   他们选他作为主席。
3. They elected Tom (as) their Member of Parliament.
   他们选汤姆为国会议员。
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4. He was elected to be monitor.
   他被选为班长。
5. Only someone born in the US can be elected as President.
   只有在美国出生的人才能被选为总统。
6. She was elected as chairman.
   她被选为主席。

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. They elected him to speak at the meeting.
   他们推举他在会上发言。

其他

1. The committee is made up of men and women elected by the people.
   委员会由人民选出的人员组成。

经典引文

• The Bride elect dissolved in tears.

  出自： C. Wilmot

• He went down to take among the crew his rightful place as hero-elect of a legend in the making.

  出自： T. Heggen

• Each Town Council elected a delegate.

  出自： H. Cox

• I have been elected chairman of the Parish Council.

  出自： E. Waugh

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

elect to (v.+prep.)

选进 vote for a position for sb in a chosen group
elect sb to sth
They elected me to the Board of Directors.

他们选举我进入董事会。
After only a year in the sports club, the youngest player was elected to the committee.

参加运动俱乐部仅一年,那位最年轻的运动员就被选进了委员会。
Two women have been elected to the council.

有两位妇女被选入理事会。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• elect sb chairman 选某人当主席
• elect a leader 选领袖
• elect sb vice-president 选某人当副总统

～+副词

• elect unanimously 一致选举

～+介词

• elect as 选…为…
• elect sb as model teacher 选某人为模范教师
• elect by ballot 投票选出
• elect by a unanimous vote 以全票当选
• elect into the committee 入选委员会
• elect to 推选…进入〔担任〕
• elect to the Central Committee 当选中央委员

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. elect的基本意思是从多个有可能性的个体中选择一个作为采纳或接受的对象。着重选择的仔细和谨慎,含有抛弃未被选中者的意味。elect还可表示作出这种选择的“决定”。
2. elect是及物动词,作“选举”解时,跟名词、代词作宾语,也可接动词不定式或“(to be/as)+ n. ”充当补足语的复合宾语。elect可用于被动结构。
3. 作“决定”讲时,则接动词不定式或that从句。
4. elect后表示职务的名词前通常不加冠词。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

elect, appoint, designate, name, nominate

• 这组词都表示“宣布某人的职务、地位、工作”等。其区别是：
• designate指当权的人或机构的选拔和任命,口气非常正式,有时到了生硬的程度; name则指不侧重选择,强调宣布,语气不那么正式,常用于政治机构或政府办公室人员的提名; nominate从词源学看,与name等同,但意思不同,指提出人选,供决策人取舍; elect指从候选人中作出最后的选择; appoint指不经选举的任命,任命人在法律上有这样的权力,这种选举本身可能是专断的,也可能是明智的。

elect, choose, collect, pick, select, single

• 这组词都指从若干事物或人中间“挑选出”适合要求、满足需要的事物或人。其区别在于:
• 1.pick可用于表示无需特别仔细的挑选、辨别的某种情况。例如:
• My wife is going with me to help me pick out a new suit.我妻子和我一起去以帮我挑选一件新西装。
• 2.collect指有计划、有选择地“精选”。例如:
• I like collecting stamps very much, and I've also collected many foreign stamps.我非常喜欢集邮,我还收集了许多外国邮票。
• 3.choose指判断和进行实际挑选,该词强调做决定过程中所下的决心,侧重于意志或判断。例如:
• It is highly important for us to choose and train successors.对我们来说,挑选和培养接班人是十分重要的。
• The students chose him as their monitor because they liked him.学生们选他做班长,因为他们喜欢他。
• The greedy boy chose the largest apple in the dish.那贪心的孩子从盘中挑了一个最大的苹果。
• You may choose from them the one you like best.你可从它们中间选出你最喜欢的一个。
• They chose her a secretary.他们选择她做秘书。
• He was chosen our team leader.他被选为我们的队长。
• 4.select强调在进行认真的考虑后,从很多的人或物中精选出最好的、最中意的。这是书面用语,有时具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。例如:
• They selected a diamond engagement ring.他们挑选了一枚钻石订婚戒指。
• Why didn't you select a nice subject?你为什么没选一个好题目?
• Select the book you want.选你需要的书。
• We selected her to represent us.我们选她作为我们的代表。
• He selected the village as a base of operation.他选择了该村为试验基地。
• He selected a pair of socks to match his suit.他为配他的那身衣服选了一双袜子。
• 5.elect所含的意思主要是指在一定的范围内,在有限的数量中,遵照一定的规章或法则,用投票或举手等表决方式,以多数为标准,选出代表或负责人。例如:
• We elected the captain of our football team by a show of hands.我们举手选举我们的足球队长。
• Only someone born in the United States can be elected as President.只有在美国出生的人才可以被选为美国总统。
• The committee is made up of men and women elected by the people.委员会是由人民选出的人员组成。
• 6.single强调从若干人或物中慎重地挑出适合要求的人或物。例如:
• He was singled out to succeed his uncle.他被选出来继承他叔叔的产业。

choose，select，elect，pick，prefer，opt

• 这些动词均含有“选择”之意。
• choose普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。
• select书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
• elect指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。
• pick口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。
• prefer强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。
• opt多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

近反义词

【近义词】

• choose 选择
• pick 拾
• select 选择
• vote for 投票赞成
• chosen 挑选出来的
• return 返回
• opt for 选择
• decide on 决定
• nominate 提名
• pick out 挑出
• designate 指定
• future 将来的
• selected 选定的
• appoint 任命
• elective 选举的
• single 单一的
• determine 决定
• assign 分配
• official 正式的
• vote 选举权
• for 为
• elite 精英
• prefer 宁可
• opt 选择