election

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR An election is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position. 選舉
...Poland's first fully free elections for more than fifty years. …五十多年來波蘭首次完全自由選舉。
During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet. 在競選活動期間他承諾要重振經(jīng)濟。
2. N-UNCOUNT The election of a particular person or group of people is their success in winning an election. 當選[usu with poss]
...the election of the Democrat candidate last year. …去年民主黨候選人的當選。
...Vaclav Havel's election as president of Czechoslovakia. …瓦茨拉夫·哈維爾當選捷克斯洛伐克總統(tǒng)。

There was a fall in support for the Republican party at the last election.
I voted Labour in the last election.
The election for the leadership of the council will take place on Tuesday .
The recent free elections mark the next step in the country's progress towards democracy .
He has established himself as the leading candidate in the election.