| 词组 | elect |
| 释义 | elect ◊ used as a verb Elect is usually used as a verb. When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them. They met to elect a president. Why should we elect him Mayor? You could be elected as an MP. ◊ WARNING You only say that someone is elected when they are chosen by voting. If they are chosen in some other way, you use another word such as 'choose', 'select', or 'pick'. See entry at ↑ ◊ used as an adjective Elect is sometimes added after words such as 'president' or 'governor' to indicate that someone has been appointed to a post but has not officially started to carry out their duties. When elect has this meaning, it is only used immediately after a noun. ...the President elect. ...the Archbishop of Canterbury elect. ◊ WARNING You do not use elect as an adjective simply to say that someone has been elected by voting. Instead you use elected in front of a noun. ...a democratically elected government. The newly elected governor was trying to sack the college president. |
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