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

蒙蒂不是一个天生的政客，参选担任公职，所以可能赢不了。

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

李博士在普林斯顿大主修物理，同还选修了艺术史课程。

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

我们已经不再拥有选择个人行为的权利了。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有五个州将其作为选修课提供。

Biden has held elective office for nearly 50 years.

拜登担任公职已近50年。

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

当流感大流行袭来，医院取消了利润丰厚的择期手术，为贪得无厌的病人腾出空间。

I didn't know you drew. -It's an elective.

我以前不知道你还画画。-选修课的。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大曾选修艺术。

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

勒奈告诉我你准备做选择性外科手术。

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

必修课很让人痛苦. 但选修课就很棒... 比如哥.

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

是第6位担任任何公职却当选总统的候选人。

And elective surgeries have been postponed to free up hospitals

可择期进行的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选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.

其专业课程是选修课，这意味着生在选课可以列表中自由选择。

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

第二年，我们给生提供了一个选择，让们选择自己想上的选修课。

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

选修课可以帮助生更深入地研究一个主题或磨练一项定的技能，又或者只是探索一个新的领域。

1 percent died of problems after elective surgery.

1% 的人死于择期手术后的问题。

The elective course introduces engineering students to construction practices and concepts.

选修课向工科生介绍建筑实践和概念。

If you're not performing elective abortions, you have nothing to worry about.

如果您不进行选择性堕胎，则无需担心。

" Elective abortions" is a phrase anti-abortion lawmakers and activists use.

“选择性堕胎”是反堕胎立法者和活动人士使用的一个短语。