elective government

基本解释

Within each state are countries, townships, cities and villages, each of which has its own elective government.
各州下辖县、镇、市、村，皆有其选民政府。
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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.
处于所谓“民选专政”下的英国，其保守党很有可能组阁下一届政府，从而接手一团乱麻的财政系统。
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.
亚特兰大——随着政府官员索尼·朴丢签署一项议案并使之成法，有理由相信乔治亚州已经成为提供官方认可的《圣经》选修课的第一州。

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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