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

我以前不知道你还画画。-修课学。

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

我们已经不再拥有人行为权利了。

Peter took art as an elective in college.

彼得大学时曾修艺。

And five more states offered it as an elective.

还有五州将其作为修课提供。

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.

蒙蒂不是一天生政客，他从未参担任公职，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性外科手。

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

必修课很让人痛苦. 但修课就很棒... 比如哥特文学.

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

李博士在普林斯顿大学主修物理学，同时还修了艺史课程。

And elective surgeries have been postponed to free up hospitals

可期进行手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.

当流感大流行袭来时，医院取消了利润丰厚期手，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当总统候人。

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

其他专业课程是修课，这意味着学生在课时可以从列表中自由。

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，两最有趣经济修课在我时间表上发生了冲突。

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

人际关系动力学是斯坦福商学院最受欢迎修课。

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

第二年，我们给学生提供了一，让他们自己想上修课。

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

修课可以帮助学生更深入地研究一主题或磨练一项特定技能，又或者只是探索一新领域。

1 percent died of problems after elective surgery.

1% 人死于期手后问题。

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

修课也叫修课，我在大学时修了社会心理学。