election
英 [ɪ'lekʃ(ə)n]
美[ɪ'lɛkʃən]
	    - n. 选举;当选;选择权;上帝的选拔
 
英英释意
- 1. a vote to select the winner of a position or political office;
 - "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
 
- 2. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice;
 - "her election of medicine as a profession"
 
- 3. the status or fact of being elected;
 - "they celebrated his election"
 
- 4. the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)