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A president-elect is someone who has already won the election for president, but has not started the job yet. There is a waiting stretch between winning and being sworn in. During that time they are not yet president; they are president-elect.
a president-elect 候任總統 is someone who has already won the election for president 是已經贏得總統選舉的人，but has not started the job yet 但還沒開始上任。between winning and being sworn in 在當選和宣誓就職之間 there is a waiting stretch 有一段等待期。during that time 在那段時間裡 they are not yet president 他們還不是總統；they are president-elect 他們是候任總統
News writing keeps the . The same pattern exists for other posts: mayor-elect, governor-elect.
news writing keeps the hyphen 新聞寫作會保留連字號。for other posts 對其他職位來說 the same pattern exists 也有同樣的用法：mayor-elect 候任市長, governor-elect 候任州長
Though actually, people often slip and say “the president” the night the votes are counted, which is natural and , but not exact — the old president may still be in office until inauguration day.
though actually 不過其實 people often slip and say 'the president' the night the votes are counted 開票當晚大家常常會不小心直接說「總統」，which is natural and excited, but not exact 這很自然、也很興奮，但不夠精確 — the old president may still be in office until inauguration day 舊任總統可能要到就職日之前都還在位
The word is formal and belongs to and journalism more than to everyday chat.
the word is formal 這個字比較正式，and belongs to politics and journalism more than to everyday chat 屬於政治和新聞用語，不是日常聊天會用的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
president-electnoun/ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/
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A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.
- If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (1932, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)
- Late on the evening of the 3d of March Congress rose, but in point of fact, the change of Executive power was not made until the President elect took the oath of Office.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。