Elect

(verb.) choose; 'I elected to have my funds deposited automatically'.

(verb.) select by a vote for an office or membership; 'We elected him chairman of the board'.

(adj.) selected as the best; 'an elect circle of artists'; 'elite colleges' .

(adj.) elected but not yet installed in office; 'the president elect' .

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• You must choose me for your churchwarden, Mr. Helstone, the next time you elect new ones. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In the life of thought, of the spirit, she was one of the elect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They get the votes, enough to elect them to office. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• One is of an elect tribe. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And in the midst of their paroxysms, they glanced with deference at the four English strangers, the elect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You are absolutely in my power to do with as I wish--I may kill you, or I may free you, and should I elect to kill you, none would be the wiser. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The person or entity that provided you with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a refund. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had elected a very young man to the colonelcy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You'd never get elected, you know. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• So Galileo did, and as a result the senate elected him to the Professorship at Padua for life, with a salary of one thousand florins yearly. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These had elected their officers from highest to lowest and were accepted with their organizations as they were, except in two instances. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• They appeared to be always excited about canvassing and electing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Four years later the Republican party was successful in electing its candidate to the Presidency. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The initiative and referendum will help: they are a method of voting on definite issues instead of electing an administration in bulk. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If the collector himself should become bankrupt, the parish which elects him must answer for his conduct to the receiver-general of the election. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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