英语词汇“elective”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	elective
释义	elec·tive I. \ə̇ˈlektiv, -tēv also -təv\ adjective Etymology: Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French electif, from Medieval Latin electivus, from Latin electus (past participle of eligere to pick out, choose) + -ivus -ive — more at elect 1. a. (1) : chosen by popular election < an elective legislature > (2) : assigned or filled by popular election < first elective position was as county probate judge — Current Biography > b. : of or relating to election < all other elective functions can only be exercised by the General Assembly — Herbert Weinschel > < the elective franchise > c. : based on the right or principle of election < governments may be described … as either hereditary or elective — F.L.Windolph > 2. : that may be elected : permitting a choice (as between alternatives) < 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. : tending to operate on one substance rather than another < elective fermentation > < elective absorption > < elective attraction > b. : tending toward one object rather than another : sympathetically inclined toward < we Southerners lack … an elective affinity with that book — Norman Douglas > • elec·tive·ly \-tə̇vlē, -li\ adverb • elec·tive·ness \-tivnə̇s, -tēv- also -təv-\ noun -es II. noun (-s) : an elective course or subject (as in a college curriculum) < 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. adjective : beneficial to the patient but not essential for his survival < an elective appendectomy >
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