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

• The gens elects its sachem head of the gens in peace and its chief leader in war.
  氏族选举一个酋长平时的首脑和一个首领军事领袖。
• The gens elects its sachem and its chief.
  氏族选举一个酋长和一个首领。
• The C college of Cardinals elects and advises the Pope.
  红衣主教团选举教皇并为其咨询。
• 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。
• No one elects newspaper columnists either.
  也没有人选举报纸专栏作家发表意见。
• 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。
• Elects to abandon us on a Saturday morning.
  选择了在星期天早上遗弃了我们。
• Who elects the Pope?
  那教皇是谁选出来的？
• 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。
• His wife elects the shirt too was big.
  他太太选的衬衫太大了。