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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

当选人

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dāng xuǎn rén

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Electee/ɪˈlɛk.tiː/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"当选人将于下个月正式宣誓就职。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has been elected to a public office, position, or membership, but has not yet officially taken office.

    "The committee organized a special orientation seminar for all incoming electees."
  2. 2

    In theological contexts, one who is chosen or predestined for salvation.

    "Early Calvinist writings frequently referred to believers as the electees of divine grace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by suffixation of the verb 'elect' with the diminutive or passive suffix '-ee', modeled after legal and political terms like 'appointee' or 'nominee'. It dates back to the mid-19th century in American political and institutional contexts to denote a person who has been chosen for an office or position but has not yet assumed it.

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