election
- n. 選舉;當(dāng)選;選擇權(quán);上帝的選拔
詞態(tài)變化
英英釋意
- 1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office;
- "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
- 2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice;
- "her election of medicine as a profession"
- 3. the status or fact of being elected;
- "they celebrated his election"
- 4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
英文詞源
- 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, comb. form of legere "to choose, read" (see lecture (n.)). Theological sense "God's choice of someone" for eternal life is from late 14c. Meaning "act of choosing, choice" is from c. 1400.
同義詞辨析
choice, alternative, preference, option, selection, election
這些名詞均含有"選擇"之意。
choice: 側(cè)重指自由選擇的權(quán)利或特權(quán)。
alternative: 指在相互排斥的兩者之間作嚴(yán)格的選擇,也可指在兩者以上中進(jìn)行選擇。
preference: 側(cè)重因偏見、愛好或判斷等而進(jìn)行選擇。
option: 著重特別給予的選擇權(quán)利或權(quán)力,所選物常常相互排斥。
selection: 指作廣泛的選擇,著重選擇者的識別力或鑒賞力。
election: 強(qiáng)調(diào)目的和達(dá)到目的判斷能力。
考試真題
- After Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael last fall, USPS worked with state and local election boards to make sure that absentee ballots were available and received or time.
2019年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- Not many young people eligible for voting are interested in local or national elections these days.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, perhaps decades.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
- One reason why pension and health care reforms are slow in coming is that politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
- politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
- Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- After his election victory, this was true of all the black participants
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- Just one week after Obama was elected president, participants were less ready to support policies designed to address racial inequality than they had been two weeks before the election.
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- So the election of a female leader might have a downside for other women
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- How did Erin White feel upon seeing Barack Obama's victory in the election?
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- blacks and whites behaved differently during the election
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- Obama's election has eliminated the prejudice against blacks
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- Young voters played a decisive role in Obama's election
出自-2010年6月閱讀原文
- Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but subsequently lost his first election.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- M :well ,that guy won't be able to win the election unless he got the majority vote from women students ,and I am not sure about it ?
出自-2011年6月聽力原文
- It won't be easy for Mark to win the election
出自-2011年6月聽力原文
- Females are more competitive than males in elections.
出自-2011年6月聽力原文
- At the next election none of the big parties seem likely to endorse this sentiment.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida made opposition to the zone a centrepiece of his election campaign, despite its success in improving air quality.
2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Seven months and one election day later, a new conservative city council suspended enforcement of the clean air zone, a first step toward its possible demise.
2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- The new ultra-low emission zone Ulez is likely to be a big issue in next year's mayoral election.
2020年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
實用場景例句
- (North Amercian English)to run for election
- 參加競選
牛津詞典
- election campaigns/results
- 競選運(yùn)動;選舉結(jié)果
牛津詞典
- to win/lose an election
- 在選舉中獲勝 / 失敗
牛津詞典
- to fight an election
- 參加競選
牛津詞典
- to vote in an election
- 參加投票選舉
牛津詞典
- In America, presidential elections are held every four years.
- 美國每四年舉行一次總統(tǒng)選舉。
牛津詞典
- The prime minister is about to call (= announce) an election .
- 首相即將宣布舉行大選。
牛津詞典
- We welcome his election as president.
- 我們歡迎他當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)。
牛津詞典
- a year after her election to the committee
- 她獲選進(jìn)入該委員會之后一年
牛津詞典
- (British English)How many candidates are standing for election ?
- 有多少候選人參加競選?
牛津詞典
- ...the first fully free elections for more than fifty years...
- 50多年來第一次完全自由的選舉
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet...
- 在競選活動中,他承諾恢復(fù)經(jīng)濟(jì)活力。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the election of the Labour government in 1964.
- 1964年工黨政府當(dāng)選
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...his election as president...
- 他當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- While quality of life has improved, there's still a lot of burnout.
- 在生活質(zhì)量提高的同時, 卻有許多人身心疲憊.
期刊摘選
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory.
- 他們操縱選票的消息使他們在選舉中獲得的勝利大為減色.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The election campaign heated up in that state.
- 該州競選運(yùn)動激烈起來了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.
- 他們想以發(fā)展貿(mào)易的綱領(lǐng)來贏得下次選舉.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The government will probably fall at the coming election.
- 在即將到來的大選中,該政府很可能要垮臺.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The government has been charged with walking out on its election promises.
- 政府因未能履行大選中所許下的種種諾言而受到指責(zé).
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The poor election results confounded the government.
- 失敗的選舉結(jié)果使政府驚慌失措.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The party came in at the last election.
- 上次大選中該黨獲勝執(zhí)政.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Charles declared the result of the election.
- 查爾斯宣布了選舉結(jié)果.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- They won the election but only with a very slender majority.
- 他們僅以微弱的多數(shù)贏得了選舉.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- There seems to be a general feeling that the election will be held in June.
- 似乎普遍的看法是這次選舉將在六月份舉行.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- We must pick up the pieces of our political defeat, and start working towards the next election.
- 我們在政治上失敗后必須重整旗鼓, 開始為下次的競選進(jìn)行工作.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The election results do not always reflect back the views of voters.
- 選舉的結(jié)果并不總是真實地反映出選民的觀點.
《簡明英漢詞典》