elected
v. (進行)選舉( elect的過去式和過去分詞 ); 推舉; 選擇; 決定(做某事)
When people elect someone, they choose that person to represent them, by voting for them.
The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president...
菲律賓人民已投票選舉出了一位新總統。
Manchester College elected him Principal in 1956...
曼徹斯特學院於1956年推選他做院長。
If you elect to do something, you choose to do it.
Those electing to smoke will be seated at the rear.
那些想吸菸的人將坐在後排。
Elect is 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.
...the date when the president-elect takes office.
候任總統就職日
1. subject to popular election;
Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60.
雷諾茲先生以102票對60票再次當選。
He was elected judge in the fall of 1991.
1991年秋他當選為法官。
The critics immediately homed in on the group's newly-elected members.
批評家馬上將矛頭對準該組織新選出的成員。
He was elected to power on the strength of his charisma.
他憑藉其個人魅力而當選掌權。
The president is indirectly elected by parliament.
總統由議會間接選出。