| 单词 | elective |
| 释义 | elec·tive I. 1. a. (1) < an elective legislature > (2) < first elective position was as county probate judge — Current Biography > b. < all other elective functions can only be exercised by the General Assembly — Herbert Weinschel > < the elective franchise > c. < governments may be described … as either hereditary or elective — F.L.Windolph > 2. < a law is elective if the employer is allowed to accept or reject the act — G.W.Miller > : optional < for the other half day elective courses are followed in heterogeneous groups — music, art … and physical education — Elise Martens > 3. a. < elective fermentation > < elective absorption > < elective attraction > b. < we Southerners lack … an elective affinity with that book — Norman Douglas > • elec·tive·ly • elec·tive·ness II. < in the late seventies, when I was an undergraduate, electives were still unknown in the smaller New England colleges — John Dewey > < his electives included English 136 and Philosophy 101 > III. < an elective appendectomy > |
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