elector

/ɪˈlektə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈlektər/ (ame, ipa) · /i-ˈlek-tər -ˌtȯr/ (ame, mw)

elector — 名詞

  • electorsingular
  • electorsplural

1. someone who is legally allowed to vote in a public election

1.名詞C1
釋義

選民

依法可投票的人

someone who is legally allowed to vote in a public election

例句

Registered electors must show photo ID at the city hall desk.

已登記的選民在市政廳櫃台必須出示附照片的證件。

collocation: registered elector

Gita became an elector when her name was added to the voter list.

Gita 的名字被加進選民名冊後，就成了選民。

同義詞
  • voter

    the normal everyday word; 'elector' is more formal and stresses legal voting status

  • constituent

    someone represented by a politician; a constituent may be an elector, but the focus is representation rather than voting

  • citizen

    much broader; many citizens are electors, but the word does not itself mean 'person with voting rights'

文法句型

registered elector

eligible elector

elector in + place

用法筆記

Formal and common in legal or election reporting. In everyday English, people usually say 'voter' unless the focus is on the legal right to vote.

常見錯誤

❌Every elector voted in the class meeting.
✅Every voter voted in the class meeting.
💡'elector' is mainly used for public elections, not ordinary group votes.
❌She is an elector of the school council.
✅She is a voter in the school council election.
💡this word sounds official and legal, not like everyday school voting.

2. in the US system, a person chosen by a state to take part in the Electoral Colle

2.名詞C1
釋義

選舉人

美國總統選舉的選舉人

in the US system, a person chosen by a state to take part in the Electoral College's formal choice of the country's top two leaders

例句

Arizona electors met in Phoenix to sign the official certificates.

Arizona 的選舉人在 Phoenix 集合，簽署正式的證明文件。

US election procedure: electors meet after the election

Each elector cast one vote for president and one for vice president.

每位選舉人都投一票給總統，也投一票給副總統。

pattern: cast a vote for president / vice president

同義詞
  • Electoral College member

    the clearest explanatory phrase for this specific US role

  • presidential elector

    more explicit label used when the US presidential context needs to be stated

  • delegate

    similar in being chosen to act for others, but a delegate may represent a group in many other settings

文法句型

serve as an elector

elector for + state

electors meet to cast votes

用法筆記

Used mainly in discussion of the US presidential system. Unlike sense 1, this sense names a person selected to cast an official state vote, not an ordinary member of the public.

常見錯誤

❌Every American voter is an elector.
✅Only members of the Electoral College are electors in this sense.
💡sense 2 names a special official role, not the general public.
❌The electors counted every local vote.
✅Election workers counted every local vote, and the electors later cast the state's formal votes.
💡electors do not run the whole election process.