1elect sb (to sth);elect sb (as sth) to choose sb to have a particular job or position by voting for him/her 选举:
He was elected to Parliament in 1970.他在1970年当选为国会议员。The committee elected her as their representative.委员会选她为代表。
2 (formal 正式)elect to do sth to decide to do sth 决定做(某事)
elect1/Iˋlɛkt; Iˈlekt/v [T]1 to choose someone for a job by voting 选举﹐推选: elect sb (as) president/leader/mayor etc She was elected President. 她当选总统。2 elect to do sth formal to choose to do something【正式】选择做某事: He elected to stay at home. 他选择待在家里。
elect2adj president-elect/governor-elect/prime minister-elect etc the person who has been elected as president etc, but who has not yet officially started their job 候任[已当选尚未就任的]总统/州长/首相等
electelectelectselectedelectingverb (elects, electing, elected)to choose somebody to be a leader by voting for him or her: The new president was elected last year.