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

• He elects the kids who have great grades to choose the gifts first.
  他挑选成绩优秀的孩子先选礼物。
• For many years, after he has insisted first optional, machine elects policy.
  多年来，他一直坚持先自选后机选的方针。
• The gens elects its sachem and its chief.
  氏族选举一个酋长和一个首领。
• 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。
• Electoral System is a system that elects members of state representative institutions.
  选举制度是有关选举国家代议机关组成职员的制度。
• The nonstriving person who elects to avoid problems actually creates new ones.
  选举实际上避免问题的非努力人产生新的。
• Each of the120 electorates, including the Maori electorates, elects one MP.
  每120名选民，包括毛利人选民，选举一个MP。
• Who elects the Pope?
  那教皇是谁选出来的？
• No one elects newspaper columnists either.
  也没有人选举报纸专栏作家发表意见。
• 1962-The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.
  1962年的今天，联合国集体大会选举缅甸的吴丹成为新一届联合国秘书长（第三任）。