election

election

英[ɪˈlekʃn]美[ɪˈlekʃn]

n.选举，当选；

复数：elections;

例句

When the Labour party candidate didn’t win the election, he cried foul and demanded a recount.工*候选人没有赢得选举,他声称有舞弊行为,要求重新计票。

At the last election, the Government won easily, knocking the Opposition into a cocked hat.在上次选举中, *府挫败了反对*, 轻而易举地取得了胜利。

Setting the results against those of the last election, we can see a clear improvement.把这次的选举结果和上次的相比较, 我们可以看到明显的进步。

Most election promises can be set at naught.竞选时所做的许诺大都没有什么价值。

They were skating on very thin ice, publishing the election result before it had been confirmed.他们抢在选举结果确认之前将其发布，真是冒险之举。

After the recent scandal, he faces an uphill struggle to win back public support before the next election.在*近的丑闻后，他要在下次竞选前赢回公众支持非常困难。

Our region is poised for growth once the election is out of the way.大选一结束,我们地区就为发展作好了准备。

The presidential candidate was trying to work up more support before the election.这位总统候选人正试图赶在选举前赢得更多的支持。

The election campaign heated up in that state.该州竞选运动激烈起来了。

The election went against him at first, but he won at last.选举开始时对他不利, 但*终他获胜了。

英语六级真题

Not many young people eligible for voting are interested in local or national elections these days.

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.

That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, perhaps decades.

One reason why pension and health care reforms are slow in coming is that politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.

politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.

Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders

After his election victory, this was true of all the black participants

Just one week after Obama was elected president, participants were less ready to support policies designed to address racial inequality than they had been two weeks before the election.

So the election of a female leader might have a downside for other women

How did Erin White feel upon seeing Barack Obama's victory in the election?

blacks and whites behaved differently during the election

Obama's election has eliminated the prejudice against blacks

Young voters played a decisive role in Obama's election

Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but subsequently lost his first election.

M :well ,that guy won't be able to win the election unless he got the majority vote from women students ,and I am not sure about it ?

It won't be easy for Mark to win the election

Females are more competitive than males in elections.

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

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

英汉词典释义

n.

选举, 当选, 推举

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office;

2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice;

3. the status or fact of being elected;

4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)

行业词典

法律： 当选；推选；选举；