| 词组 | elect |
| 释义 | 1．elect to...（不定式）作“决定……”解。例如：At length he elected to try again. 有时用动名词。例如：At length he elected trying again. 2．下面三句意思相同： They elected him mayor. They elected him to be mayor. They elected him to the mayoralty. 很少说 They elected him as mayor。 3．elect 后面可以接指被选而任职者的词。例如：They are going to elect a new mayor. 4．elect 往往用作形容词，用在职务名称的后面，作“新当选而尚未就职的”解。如 president-elect, mayor-elect, representative-elect 和 chairman-elect。 |
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