elect
verb-
to choose somebody to do a particular job by voting for them 选举；推选 - elect somebody/something
Voters will elect a new president on 30 March next year. 选民将于明年3月30日选举新总统。 the newly/democratically elected government 新的/民主选举的政府 an elected representative/official/assembly 当选的代表/官员/议会 What changes will he make if he gets elected? 如果当选，他将进行什么变革？ - elect somebody to something
She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. 她成为第一个被选进参议院的黑人妇女。 - elect somebody (as) something
He was elected (as) MP for Oxford East. 他被选为牛津东区的议员。 The party first elected her leader in 2017. 该党首次选举她的领导人是在2017年。
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections 在选举中投票 Running for election 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
开始总统竞选活动 - support/back a candidate
支持候选人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
说服选民／全体选民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
Voting 投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票给保守党候选人／民主党 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在选票上做标记；投废票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清点邮寄选票数 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；竞选失败 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去选票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
Taking power 掌权 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就职／就任总统 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英国）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
发表（美国）总统就职演说 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就职；任职；离职 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 - form a government/a cabinet
组建政府／内阁 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任两届总理；两届任职
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2Five were successful, three being elected unopposed. 5 人成功当选，其中 3 人全票通过。 He was elected to Parliament in 1997. 他在 1997 年入选议会。 It was decided that the president should be elected directly in free elections. 经决定总统应通过自由选举直接产生。 Members of the council are elected annually. 政务委员会委员每年选举一次。 She has been elected to Parliament. 她获选进入议会。 They make their own rules and elect their own leaders. 他们制定自己的规则，选举自己的领导人。 Each officer shall be elected for one term of two years. 每名主席团成员任期两年。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- annually
- locally
- nationally
- …
- to
- be elected
- get elected
- be declared elected
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- elect somebody/something
- elect to do something (formal)
to choose to do something 选择，决定（做某事）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin elect- ‘picked out’, from the verb eligere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.