English Dictionary

elective

/ɪˈlɛktɪv/

adj

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. / Open to choice; freely chosen.

She took an elective course in college.

意味（1）

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

For his Conscience could not but whisper to the Arbitrary Monarch, that the Kings of Rome were at first Elective, and Govern’d not without a Senate:

意味（2）

Open to choice; freely chosen.

My insurance wouldn't pay for the operation because it was elective surgery.