Mr Monti is not a natural politician, never having run for elective office.

蒙蒂不是一个天生，他从未参担任公职，所以他可能赢不了。

Dr. Li majored in physics at Princeton, and she also took electives in art history.

李博士在普林斯顿大学主修物理学，同时还修了艺术史课程。

We're so far past the point when individual action is an elective.

我们已经不再拥有择个人行为权利了。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有五个州将其作为修课提供。

When the pandemic hit hospitals canceled lucrative elective surgeries to make room for covid patients.

流感大流行袭来时，医院取消了利润丰厚择期手术，为贪得无厌病人腾出空间。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大学时曾修艺术。

So, um, Lynette tells me you're thinking about having a little elective surgery.

勒奈特告诉我你准备做择性外科手术。

The required courses are a pain. But the electives are great... like Gothic Lit.

必修课很让人痛苦. 但修课就很棒... 比如哥特文学.

Biden has held elective office for nearly 50 years.

拜登担任公职已近50年。

He is only the sixth candidate to win the presidency without ever having held elective office.

他是第6位从未担任任何公职却统候人。

And elective surgeries have been postponed to free up hospitals

可择期进行手术也被推迟以为医院腾出空间。

Even health-care jobs fell by 1.44 million as non-Covid visits and elective procedures dried up or offices closed.

即使是医疗保健工作岗位也减少了144万，原因是非新冠肺炎探访和择性程序枯竭或办公室关闭。

Other major courses are electives, which means students are free to choose from a list when selecting courses.

其他专业课程是修课，这意味着学生在课时可以从列表中自由择。

We instituted the following year where students were provided with an option to select which elective they would go to.

第二年，我们给学生提供了一个择，让他们择自己想上修课。

Electives can help students dive deeper into a topic or hone a particular skill, or just explore a new area.

修课可以帮助学生更深入地研究一个主题或磨练一项特定技能，又或者只是探索一个新领域。

1 percent died of problems after elective surgery.

1% 人死于择期手术后问题。

We reopened our hospital for elective surgeries on May the 11th.

我们于 5 月 11 日重新开放医院进行择期手术。

So it's not like an elective thing for 99.9% of the people.

因此，对于99.9%人来说，这并不是一种可择事情。

But this depends on whether solitude is elective or enforced.

但这取决于孤独是自愿还是被迫。

I'm hoping it was elective surgery that was cosmetic that you both wanted.

我希望那是你们双方都想要、出于美容目择期手术。