1. 选举
2. 当选
3. 选出，选择
4. 选举权（利）
5. 【神】神的选择
6. 推选，推举

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)

1.选举；推举
Anelection is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.

election

e.g. ...the first fully free elections for more than fifty years...
50多年来第一次完全自由的选举
e.g. During hiselection campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet...
在竞选活动中，他承诺恢复经济活力。

2.当选；选举获胜
Theelection of a particular person or group of people is their success in winning an election.

e.g. ...theelection of the Labour government in 1964.
1964年工党政府当选
e.g. ...hiselection as president...
他当选总统

1. Charles declared the result of the election.
   查尔斯宣布了选举结果。
2. The newspapers are discussing the coming election.
   各家报纸现在正谈论未来选举事宜。
3. This is a direct election.
   这是直接推举。

• The empire..had waived the right..to interfere in the election of the pope.

  出自：S. Austin

• He was not seeking election.

  出自：J. Galsworthy

• Her election to that very select body was no problem.

  出自：H. Fast

choice，alternative，preference，option，selection，election

这些名词均含有“选择”之意。

choice侧重指自由选择的权利或特权。

alternative指在相互排斥的两者之间作严格的选择，也可指在两者以上中进行选择。

preference侧重因偏见、爱好或判断等而进行选择。

option着重特别给予的选择权，所选物常常相互排斥。

selection指作广泛的选择，着重选择者的识别力或鉴赏力。

election强调目的和达到目的判断能力。