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election

/ih-lek-shuhn/US // ɪˈlɛk ʃən //UK // (ɪˈlɛkʃən) //

选举,竞选,投票,竞选活动

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the selection of a person or persons for office by vote: In 2018, elections for governors were held in 36 states.
    • : the status of being or having been elected: his fading chances for election;the international coverage of her election.
    • : a public vote upon a proposition submitted: The official results of today’s election regarding use of public lands will not be reported any earlier than tomorrow.
    • : the act of electing: There is no evidence to suggest violation of the rules of election.
    • : Theology. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation: Election is not a hidden decree, but the decree revealed in Christ.

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Examples

  • Now I’m being criticized on the vaccine because they’re petrified that the vaccine comes in, you know, before the election.

  • Congress is set to leave town the first week of October and not return until after the election.

  • She declined to say whom she voted for in the last election.

  • They were represented by Pittsburgh attorney Clifford Levine, a longtime election lawyer for Pennsylvania Democrats.

  • To meet this challenge, local election officials will have to overcome numerous hurdles with little time and money to spare.

  • Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

  • Just 47 percent of Asian-Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election.

  • The election of 1964 produced the most liberal Congress since the Democratic landslide of 1936.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • In 1989, a newly registered Republican in Louisiana named David Duke won his only election by a fluke.

  • Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.

  • The Colonel left, and in a few days the election coming off, each candidate made his appearance at the critical German polls.

  • “Boom” refers, of course, to the large amount of support which Cleveland obtained on his second election to the Presidency.

  • In admitting a member, if no form of election has been prescribed, each candidate must be elected separately.

  • He was all for change and innovation, and managed to get the principle of formal election to the chairmanship established.