elect
US: /ɪˈɫɛkt/
UK: /ɪlˈɛkt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
elect /i'lekt/- tính từ
- chọn lọc
- đã được chọn, đã được bầu (nhưng chưa nhậm chức...)
- preseident elect: tổng thống mới được bầu (chưa nhậm chức)
- the elect
- (tôn giáo) những người được Chúa chọn (lên thiên đường)
- ngoại động từ
- chọn
- bầu
- quyết định
- he elected to remain at home: nó quyết định ở lại nhà
Advanced English dictionary
verb, adjective+ verb
1 ~ sb (to sth)
~ sb (as) sth to choose sb to do a particular job by voting for them: [VN] an elected assembly / leader / representative + the newly elected Labour government + She became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. + [VN-N] He was elected (as) MP for Oxford East.
2 [V to inf] (formal) to choose to do sth: Increasing numbers of people elect to work from home nowadays.
+ adjective
1 used after nouns to show that sb has been chosen for a job, but is not yet doing that job: the president elect
2 (the elect) noun [pl.] (religion) people who have been chosen to be saved from punishment after death
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 choose, select, pick, vote (for), determine, designate:
We must elect a new chairperson at the next meeting.
adj.
2 chosen, elected, selected, picked out:
The president-elect takes office next month.
3 select, choice, first-rate, first-class:
An elect few make up the executive committee.
Collocation
ADV.
annually
Members of the council are elected annually.
| locally, nationally | democratically, freely, popularly | unanimously | directly, indirectly
It was decided that the president should be elected directly in free elections.
| duly, formally | lawfully, legally, legitimately
PREP.
to
She has been elected to Parliament.
PHRASES
be/get elected
What changes will he make if he gets elected?
| be declared elected
Any candidate with more than half the votes shall be declared elected.
| be elected unopposed
Five were successful, three being elected unopposed.
| newly elected
the newly elected chairman
Concise dictionary
elects|elected|electingɪ'lektnoun
+an exclusive group of people
verb
+select by a vote for an office or membership
+choose
adj.
+selected as the best
+elected but not yet installed in office
