elective
英 [?'lekt?v]
美[?'l?kt?v]
- adj. 選修的；選舉的；選任的
- n. 選修課程
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?electives;
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. Buchanan has never held elective office.
- 布坎南從未就任過(guò)經(jīng)選舉產(chǎn)生的職位。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
- 他們對(duì)病人是否應(yīng)該支付所有非必需手術(shù)的費(fèi)用進(jìn)行了討論.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Is it nominative or elective?
- 提名呢還是選舉?
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(xué)選修日語(yǔ).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(nèi)部選舉的, 因而是在氏族范圍內(nèi)世襲的.
來(lái)自英漢非文學(xué) - 家庭、私有制和國(guó)家的起源