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elect sb (as) sth
The committee elected her as chairperson.
委员会选举她为主席。
选举；推选
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选举；推选
to choose someone for an official position by voting
The committee elected her as chairperson.
委员会选举她为主席。
选择或决定(做某事)。
To choose or make a decision (to do something).
(团体)通过选举正式选定某人担任公职。
(Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.
elect
Base
原形
elects
3rd person
第三人称单数
electing
-ing
现在分词
elected
Past
过去式
elected
Past participle
过去分词
They elect a new president every four years.
他们每四年选举一位新总统。
The committee elected her as chairperson last week.
委员会上周选举她为主席。
We have elected him to represent us.
我们已经选举他代表我们。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The club will elect a new president next month.
俱乐部下个月将选举一位新主席。
She was elected as the team captain.
她被选为队长。
Citizens elect their representatives every four years.
公民每四年选举一次他们的代表。
The committee elected her as chairperson.
委员会选举她为主席。
They elected him to the board of directors.
他们选举他进入董事会。
She was elected president of the club.
她被选为俱乐部主席。
Not this
They will elect for a new president next year.
Use this
They will elect a new president next year.
动词 'elect' 是及物动词，直接跟被选举的人或职位，不需要介词 'for'。
Not this
He was elected to the president.
Use this
He was elected president.
表示被选为某个职位时，用 'be elected + 职位'，或用 'be elected to the position of + 职位'，但不能说 'be elected to the person'。
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选举总统
The country will elect a new president next year.
这个国家明年将选举一位新总统。
选举某人为主席
They elected her as chairperson of the committee.
他们选举她为委员会主席。
当选任职
He was elected to office for a second term.
他当选连任第二个任期。
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e(一) + lect(选) = 一次选择，就是选举。
register: mixed, contexts: politics, formal elections, note_zh: 在政治选举语境中较正式，在日常选择中较少用
当重音在第二个音节且以 /ɛkt/ 结尾时，这些词与 'elect' 押韵，例如 'select', 'collect', 'reflect', 'connect', 'reject'。而像 'aspect' 这样的词，重音在第一个音节，元音不同，因此虽拼写相似但不押韵。
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