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

我以前知道你还画画。-选修课学的。

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

我们再拥有选择个行为的权利了。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大学时曾选修艺术。

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

蒙蒂一个天生的政客，从未参选担任公职，所以可能赢了。

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

勒奈特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.

必修课很让痛苦. 但选修课就很棒... 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.

当流感大流行袭来时，医院取消了利润丰厚的择期手术，为贪得无厌的病腾出空间。

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。

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

6位从未担任任何公职却当选总统的候选。

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

其专业课程选修课，这意味着学生在选课时可以从列表中自由选择。

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

即使医疗保健工作岗位也减少了144万，原因非新冠肺炎探访和选择性程序枯竭或办公室关闭。

Interpersonal Dynamics is the most popular elective at the Stanford GSB.

际关系动力学斯坦福商学院最受欢迎的选修课。

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

二年，我们给学生提供了一个选择，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.

选修课可以帮助学生更深入地研究一个主题或磨练一项特定的技能，又或者只探索一个新的领域。

1 percent died of problems after elective surgery.

1% 的死于择期手术后的问题。

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

“选择性堕胎”反堕胎立法者和活动士使用的一个短语。

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

选修课向工科学生介绍建筑实践和概念。

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。

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

如果您进行选择性堕胎，则无需担心。