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elective 音标拼音: [ɪl'ɛktɪv] a. 选举的,根据选举的,选任的
n. 选修课程 选举的,根据选举的,选任的选修课程 elective adj 1: subject to popular election; " elective official" [ synonym: { elective}, { elected}] [ ant: { appointed}, { appointive}] 2: not compulsory; " elective surgery"; " an elective course of study" n 1: a course that the student can select from among alternatives [ synonym: { elective course}, { elective}] Elective \ E* lect" ive\, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster]
Elective \ E* lect" ive\, a. [ Cf. F. [' e] lectif.] 1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. [ 1913 Webster] The independent use of their elective franchise. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office. [ 1913 Webster] Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective college course. Opposite of { required} or { mandatory}. [ 1913 Webster PJC] { Elective affinity} or { Elective attraction} ( Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism. [ 1913 Webster] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " elective": academic specialty, adoptive, alternative, appointive, arbitrary, area, autonomous, choosing, choosy, classical education, constituent, core curriculum, course, course of study, curriculum, discipline, discretional, discretionary, discriminating, disjunctive, eclectic, electoral, field, free, free will, general education, general studies, gratuitous, humanities, independent, liberal arts, major, minor, nonmandatory, offered, optional, particular, proffered, proseminar, quadrivium, refresher course, scientific education, selecting, selective, self- acting, self- active, self- determined, self- determining, seminar, specialty, spontaneous, study, subdiscipline, subject, technical education, trivium, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled- for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, volitional, voluntary, volunteer, willful
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