a person who has the right to vote in an election 有选举权的人;选民 If your name is not on the register of electors, you will not be able to vote. 如果名字不在选民登记簿上,你就无权投票。 Not all the registered electors actually voted. 实际上并不是所有注册选民都参加了投票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- registered
- presidential
- Democrat
- …
- choose somebody
- vote (for somebody)
- the register of electors
(in the US )美国 a member of the Electoral College 选举人: 选举团成员
Word Originlate Middle English: via French électeur from Latin elector, from the verb eligere ‘pick out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.