To select by vote for an office or for membership.
파생어
election [명] elective [형]
예문
1. He was elected for Congress in 1980. (그는 1980년에 국회 의원으로 선출되었다) 2. elect a person president (…을 총재로 선출하다) 3. elect a person as chairman (…을 의장으로 선출하다) 4. He elected to remain at home. (그는 집에 남아 있기로 정했다) 5. elect suicide (자살을 택하다)
