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VERB
選舉;推選
When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
例句
The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...
菲律賓人民已投票選舉出了一位新總統。
Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...
曼徹斯特學院于1956年推選他做院長。
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VERB
選擇，決定(做)
If you elect to do something, you choose to do it.
例句
Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
那些想吸煙的人將坐在后排。
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ADJ
已當選但未就任的;候任的
Elect is 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.
例句
...the date when the president-elect takes office.
候任總統就職日