elective
英 [?'lekt?v]
美 [?'l?kt?v]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Buchanan has never held elective office.
- 布坎南從未就任過經選舉產生的職位。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
- 他們對病人是否應該支付所有非必需手術的費用進行了討論.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Is it nominative or elective?
- 提名呢還是選舉?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Most of the students of our class take Japanese as an elective course.
- 我們班大部分同學選修日語.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. All offices were elective , generally within a gens , and to that extent hereditary to the gens.
- 一切職位多半都是在氏族內部選舉的, 因而是在氏族范圍內世襲的.
來自英漢非文學 - 家庭、私有制和國家的起源