election 英 [ɪˈlekʃn] 　 美 [ɪˈlɛkʃən]

election

election　 英 [ɪˈlekʃn] 美 [ɪˈlɛkʃən]

n. 选举；当选；选择权；上帝的选拔　

名词复数:elections　

This party may go out at next election.　该政党在下次选举时可能下台。
He defeated his opponents in this election.　他在这次选举中击败了对手。

  • An election is a vote to decide who will hold a political office. Every four years, there is the election of a new U.S. President.
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  • n. 选举；当选；选择权；上帝的选拔

  • 1. This party may go out at next election.

    该政党在下次选举时可能下台。

  • 2. He defeated his opponents in this election.

    他在这次选举中击败了对手。

  • 3. The conversation centred upon the election.

    谈话集中在选举问题上。

  • election (n.) c. 1300, "act of choosing someone to occupy a position, elevation to office" (whether by one person or a body of electors); also "the holding of a vote by a body of electors; the time and place of such a vote," from Anglo-French eleccioun, Old French elecion "choice, election, selection" (12c.), from Latin electionem (nominative electio), noun of action from past participle stem of eligere "pick out, select," from ex "out" (see ex-) + -ligere, combining form of legere "to choose," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather." Theological sense "God's choice of someone" for eternal life is from late 14c. Meaning "act of choosing, choice" is from c. 1400.
elec·tion ★ / ɪˈlekʃn ; NAmE ɪˈlekʃn / noun 1 ★ [uncountable ,  countable ] the process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting 选举，推选（尤指从政） ◆ election campaigns/results 竞选运动；选举结果 ◆ to win/lose an election 在选举中获胜╱失败 ◆ to fight an election 参加竞选 ◆ to vote in an election 参加投票选举 ◆ In America, presidential elections are heldevery four years. 美国每四年举行一次总统选举。 ◆ The prime minister is about to call (= announce) an election. 首相即将宣布举行大选。 ◆ ( especially BrE) How many candidates are standing for election? 有多少候选人参加竞选？ ◆ ( especially NAmE) to run for election 参加竞选 ☞ collocationsat vote 2 ★ [uncountable ] the fact of having been chosen by election 当选 election(as sth) ◆ We welcome his election as president. 我们欢迎他当选总统。 election(to sth) ◆ a year after her election to the committee 她获选入该委员会之后一年 ☞see also by-election , general election SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 election vote ◆poll ◆referendum ◆ballot These are all words for an event in which people choose a representative or decide sth by voting. 以上各词均表示选举或投票表决。 ■ election an occasion on which people officially choose a political representative or government by voting 指选举、推选，尤指政治选举： ◆ Who did you vote for in the last election? 上次选举中你把票投给了谁？ ■ vote an occasion on which a group of people vote for sb/sth 指投票、选举、表决： ◆ They took a vote on who should go first. 他们以投票方式决定谁先走。 ■ poll ( journalism) the process of voting in an election （新闻）指选举投票、计票： ◆ They suffered a defeat at the polls. 他们在投票选举中惨遭失败。 ■ referendum an occasion on which all the adults in a country can vote on a particular issue 指全民投票、全民公决 ■ ballot the system of voting by marking an election paper, especially in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held 尤指无记名投票选举、投票表决： ◆ The leader will be chosen by secret ballot. 领导人将通过无记名投票选举产生。 NOTE Ballotis usually used about a vote within an organization rather than an occasion on which the public vote. *ballot 通常用于机构内部的选举，而非公开的投票选举。 PATTERNS ◆ a national / national election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot ◆ to have / have a(n) election/vote/poll/referendum/ballot election elections elec·tion / ɪˈlekʃn ; NAmE ɪˈlekʃn /
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