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election

英[ɪ'lekʃ(ə)n] 美[ɪ'lɛkʃən]
  • n. 选举;当选;选择权;上帝的选拔

英英释意


1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office;
"the results of the election will be announced tonight"
2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice;
"her election of medicine as a profession"
3. the status or fact of being elected;
"they celebrated his election"
4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)