推舉
simp推举teoi1 geoi2tuī jǔ
English
- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
- to elect; to choose
- (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- to elect somebody to a post
粵語 — Cantonese
- 認為一個人非常適合而向其他人提出由嗰個人接任職位、責任
Examples
大家推举他到大会发言。
Everyone chose him to speak at the conference.
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我想推舉佢做代表。
I would like to elect him as the representative.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk