electing

英 [ɪˈlektɪŋ]

美 [ɪˈlektɪŋ]

v.  选举; 推选; 选择，决定(做某事)
elect的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选举;推选
  When peopleelectsomeone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
  1. The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...
     菲律宾人民已投票选举出了一位新总统。
  2. Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...
     曼彻斯特学院于1956年推选他做院长。
  3. The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president.
     该国将发生重大转变，选举一位女性担任新总统。
• VERB 选择，决定(做)
  If youelect todo something, you choose to do it.
  1. Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
     那些想吸烟的人将坐在后排。
• ADJ 已当选但未就任的;候任的
  Electis added after words such as 'president' or 'governor' to indicate that a person has been elected to the post but has not officially started to carry out the duties involved.
  1. ...the date when the president-elect takes office.
     候任总统就职日

双语例句

• What is the process for electing a new Director-General?
  什么是选举新总干事的程序？
• At the last election, they kinked him in the teeth by electing his opponent.
  在最后一次选举中，他们故意气气他，把他的对手选了上去。
• I would like to thank the Sri Lankan people for electing me to lead the country to a new era of enduring hardship, stagnation, and kleptocricy.
  我将要感谢那些选择我作为这个国家的领袖的斯里兰卡人民，我将领导你们走向长期困苦和不景气之后的新纪元！
• The program has also had a rather unique impact: It has afforded women an opportunity to be involved in electing the local development councils.
  该项目还产生了一种相当独特的效应：它为妇女提供了参与选举地方发展委员会成员的机会。
• In both cases, they're more likely to place value inthe symbolic power of electing a woman President.
  这两种情况下，他们就更可能把价值寄托在具有象征意义的选举权上-因此她们愿意选举一位女性总统。
• High school's electing the senior high's president may have more to do with a popularity contest than leadership.
  高中学生选学生会主席时，也许更多看重的是人气。
• The historical significance of electing our first African-American president cannot be lost on me, as I remember what it was like growing up in the segregated South.
  选举出我们第一位非裔总统的历史意义不可能不引起我的注意，因为我清楚记得在实行种族隔离的南方长大是怎样一番场景。
• The method of electing the President is peculiar to the American system.
  选举总统的方法是美国制度中特有的。
• The country had confounded the pundits by electing a fourth-term Tory government
  该国国民连续四次选举托利党来执掌政府，这令专家们困惑不已。
• Obama also continues to tie McCain to President Bush, arguing that electing the Arizona Republican in November would amount to a third Bush term in office.
  奥巴马也继续把麦凯恩和布什总统联系在一起，他争辩说，如果在11月选亚利桑那州参议员麦凯恩，就等于让布什总统第三次连任。