election

英 [?'lek?(?)n] 美[?'l?k??n]

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復數:?elections;

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.

1. He won last month's presidential election by a landslide.: 他以壓倒性多數贏得上月的總統(tǒng)選舉。

4. With an election looming, he has little room for manoeuvre.: 隨著大選臨近，他幾乎沒有什么回旋的余地了。

5. He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary.: 民主黨在初選中自毀長城，所以才讓他贏得了選舉。