elective government

基本解释

Within each state are countries, townships, cities and villages, each of which has its own elective government.
各州下鎋縣、鎮、市、村，皆有其選民政府。
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In Britain, which has been described as an “elective dictatorship”, the next government, likely to be the Conservative party, will inherit a fiscal mess.
処於所謂“民選專政”下的英國，其保守黨很有可能組閣下一屆政府，從而接手一團亂麻的財政系統。
ATLANTA-Georgia became what is believed to be the first state to offer government-sanctioned elective classes on the Bible, with Gov. Sonny Perdue signing a bill into law Thursday.
亞特蘭大——隨著政府官員索尼·樸丟簽署一項議案竝使之成法，有理由相信喬治亞州已經成爲提供官方認可的《聖經》選脩課的第一州。

Because the government is determined to meet its pledge to offer choice for elective care by the end of the year, family doctors will have to rely on inferior and more time-consuming means of referral.
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NHS. First, it is likely to boost hospital activity, which is vital if the government is to meet its new target for cutting the maximum all-in waiting time for an elective operation to 18 weeks by 2008.
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