Companies,labor unions and other organizations may now spend as they wish on independent efforts to elect or defeat candidates.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Do we offer what we dub packer editions of problem sets which extensively cover the same material but with a more technical sophistication, with more detail, and these are simply options that students in this course can elect as per the syllabus.

我们提供涵盖同样内容,但具有更多技术性细节的,我们称之为习题包，其中有更详细的信息,这些只是按照教学大纲的要求让同学们可以自主选择。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In the past, this expression was used as an argument to re-elect a president, especially during a time when the country was at war.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In addition to her research and teaching, Fuchs serves as president of the American Society for Cell Biology, and is president-elect of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

And faced with the high tuition costs at private Islamic schools, many Muslim parents elect,in the end, to home school their children - a choice,Haddad notes, often made as well by families of other religious faiths.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12