To choose for any office or use.

【正】选任；选择。

To choose by ballot.

【正】投票选出。

To decide (to do something)

决心。

Chosen for office but not yet in charge.

当选而未上任的。

Taken in preference.

被选中的。

One favored or set apart.

蒙宠者；当选者。

Elect is the most formal of these words; it is used especially in connection with voting.

Elect 为诸字中之最正式者，尤用于指投票选举方面：

Choose is the most general term; it may imply deliberation or impulsiveness.

Choose 为最笼统之词，可指深思熟虑亦可指出于冲动之义：

Select and pick alike have the idea of careful choice. Select suggests a number of possibilities with different claims for consideration. To pick is to choose with reference to fitness for a definite end.

Select 及 pick 两字均有慎加选择之意。

Select 暗示有多个可能的选择。Pick 是针对某一目的而作的选择：