| 释义 |
deseˈlect, v.
[f. de- II. 1 + select v.]
1. trans. To choose not to select; to remove from selection. spec. (U.S.), to dismiss (an employee). Cf. dehire v. euphem. rare.
1968N.Y. Times 24 June 7 The road from applicant to trainee to overseas volunteer is a hard one. Many individuals do not follow through. Many are ‘de-selected’. 1983National Law Jrnl. (U.S.) 25 July 15 The best that one can hope to achieve is to ‘deselect’—to eliminate on the basis of meaningful information—the worst of the lot.
2. Of a local constituency party: to reject (a sitting Member of Parliament) as constituency candidate at a forthcoming election, esp. under the Labour party's reselection procedure. Also in extended use. Cf. reselect v.
1979Economist 29 Sept. 11 Some..ideas for making the party genuinely more democratic.., involving more people in the process of selecting (and deselecting) MPs. 1981Times 5 June 2/6 The party should give financial help to MPs who lost their seats through the new reselection procedure... MPs..who were ‘deselected’ should be helped. 1984Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 2/6 He has named the MPs in an attempt to persuade them to join the SDP before they are ‘deselected’ by their constituency parties. 1985Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. 1/3 Right-wing Conservatives in Wiltshire have ‘deselected’ Mrs Joan Main, pro-comprehensive chairman of the education committee, for the forthcoming county council elections. 1986Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 24/3 Mr Woodall, MP for 12 years.., launched a bitter attack on his opponents in the NUM and local party who, he said, had ‘connived’ to deselect him.
Hence deseˈlected ppl. a.; deseˈlection.
1978Serials Librarian III. 147 Deselection, or weeding, of periodicals subscriptions has recently become a major concern. 1979Times 28 Nov. 14/2 By the example of expulsion or the threat of de-selection the Labour right is to be cowed and cajoled into submission. 1983Daily Tel. 9 June 11/1 Two ‘deselected’ Labour M.P.s are standing as independents. 1985Times 30 Apr. 16/1 Michael Cocks, under serious threat of deselection. |