elections是什么意思？

elections

• n. 选举，当选，推举( election的名词复数 )；

例句

• They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。
• Events since the elections have proved the skeptics right. 选举后的一系列事件证明怀疑派是正确的。
• a tendentious account of the recent elections 对近期选举有偏见的报导
• The Government is on a hiding to nothing in these elections. 本届政府在这些选举中毫无希望。
• His resignation passed almost unnoticed amid the furor of the elections. 在轰轰烈烈的大选中，他的辞职几乎无人关注。
• Things don’t look very hopeful for John Brown in the presidential elections, but he’s still in with a fighting chance. 这次的总统竞选对约翰·布朗来说不太乐观，但他仍有获胜的机会。
• The politicians who lost the elections will be consigned to the dustbin of history. 落选的政客就要丟进历史的垃圾箱。
• According to the American Constitution, presidential elections are held every four years. 根据美国宪法, 总统选举每四年举行一次。
• congressional elections 国会选举
• the conduct of the elections. 选举的管理。

英语六级真题

Females are more competitive than males in elections.
出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  选举；推举
  An election is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.
  例句
  ...the first fully free elections for more than fifty years... 50多年来第一次完全自由的选举 During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet... 在竞选活动中，他承诺恢复经济活力。
• N-UNCOUNT
  当选；选举获胜
  The election of a particular person or group of people is their success in winning an election.
  例句
  ...the election of the Labour government in 1964. 1964年工党政府当选 ...his election as president... 他当选总统