elective
英 [ɪ'lektɪv]
美 [ɪ'lɛktɪv]
英文词源
- elective (adj.)
- early 15c., "voluntary," from Late Latin electivus, from elect-, past participle stem of eligere "to pick out, choose" (see election). In U.S., in reference to school subjects studied at the student's choice, first recorded 1847. As a noun, from 1701.
双语例句
- 1. Buchanan has never held elective office.
- 布坎南从未就任过经选举产生的职位。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
- 他们对病人是否应该支付所有非必需手术的费用进行了讨论.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Is it nominative or elective?
- 提名呢还是选举?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Most of the students of our class take Japanese as an elective course.
- 我们班大部分同学选修日语.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. All offices were elective , generally within a gens , and to that extent hereditary to the gens.
- 一切职位多半都是在氏族内部选举的, 因而是在氏族范围内世袭的.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源