elects

英 [ɪˈlekts]

美 [ɪˈlekts]

v.  选举; 推选; 选择，决定(做某事)
elect的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选举;推选
  When peopleelectsomeone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
  1. The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...
     菲律宾人民已投票选举出了一位新总统。
  2. Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...
     曼彻斯特学院于1956年推选他做院长。
  3. The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president.
     该国将发生重大转变，选举一位女性担任新总统。
• VERB 选择，决定(做)
  If youelect todo something, you choose to do it.
  1. Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
     那些想吸烟的人将坐在后排。
• ADJ 已当选但未就任的;候任的
  Electis added after words such as 'president' or 'governor' to indicate that a person has been elected to the post but has not officially started to carry out the duties involved.
  1. ...the date when the president-elect takes office.
     候任总统就职日

双语例句

• Each constituency elects one member of the House of Commons.
  每个选区选举一名下议院成员。
• If the bank elects not to advise the Credit, it must so inform the Issuing Bank without delay.
  如通知行决定不通知信用证，它必须不延误地告知开证行。
• The National Assembly elects the head of the executive branch, the president, by a two-third majority.
  国民议会通过超过三分之二选票来选举行政机关的首脑－总统。
• An election committee then divides the village into sections according to the points of the compass and each section elects a set of candidates and one or two reserves.
  选举委员会把村子按方位分成几片，每一片推举出一组候选人和一两个预备候选人。
• The parliament then elects a president, who functions as the head of state.
  然后再由国会选举总统，作为国家元首。
• Each of the120 electorates, including the Maori electorates, elects one MP.
  每120名选民，包括毛利人选民，选举一个MP。
• 1962-The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.
  1962年的今天，联合国集体大会选举缅甸的吴丹成为新一届联合国秘书长（第三任）。
• Who elects the Pope?
  那教皇是谁选出来的？
• 1984-New Zealand elects the Fourth Labour Government bringing in David Lange as Prime Minister of New Zealand, and thus breaking nine years of National party governance under Robert Muldoon.
  1984年的今天，新西兰选举出第四届工党政府，大卫·兰奇任新西兰总理，从而打破了在罗伯特·麦尔顿领导下的国家党长达九年的政府任期。
• The nonstriving person who elects to avoid problems actually creates new ones.
  选举实际上避免问题的非努力人产生新的。