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

我以前不知道你还画画。-选修。

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权利了。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大时曾选修艺术。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有五个州将其作为选修提供。

Biden has held elective office for nearly 50 years.

拜登担任公职已近50年。

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

蒙蒂不是一个天生政客，他从未参选担任公职，所以他可能赢不了。

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.

必修很让人痛苦. 但选修就很棒... 比如哥特文.

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，同时还选修了艺术史程。

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。

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

感大行袭来时，医院取消了利润丰厚择期手术，为贪得无厌病人腾出空间。

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选总统候选人。

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

其他专业程是选修，这意味着生在选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。

Unfortunately, the two most interesting economics electives clash on my timetable.

不幸是，两个最有趣经济选修在我时间表上发生了冲突。

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

人际关系动力是斯坦福商院最受欢迎选修。

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，让他们选择自己想上选修。

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

选修可以帮助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。

Optional courses are also called electives, and I took social psychology as an elective in college.

选修也叫选修，我在大时选修了社会心理。