In 2008 he was elected to be a member of the Iranian Parliament.

在2008年，他当选为伊朗议会的成员。

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The pirate crew elected him to be their captain because he proved to them that he was brave and had good sense.

海盗海员们选举他为船长，是因为他用行动向他们证明了他的勇敢和良好的判断力。

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An election will be risky for Mr Gbagbo, who would be unlikely to win a fair contest; both his main rivals were barred from running when he was elected in 2000.

大选对于巴博而言是有风险的，他不可能通过公平竞争来获胜。2000年他是在其两个主要对手均被禁止参选的情况下才当选的。

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The next year he was one of the first five players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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And the president, on many occasions, took unpopular positions that he thought were the right policy because that's what he thought he was elected to do was to use his best judgement and that judgement didn't necessarily need to be the most popular thing around.

许多场合下总统，都会采取并不受推崇的做法,但他认为是正确的政策,因为他认为这是他当选总统该做的,就是运用他最好的判断力,这种判断未必是,最受欢迎的。

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He was elected to be President.

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Not to be pigeon holed, he was elected to the city council of San Carlos, CA, where he was later chosen to be the Mayor until his untimely death.

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