choose
v.(动词)
chose[chôz] cho.sen[chô.z…n] choos.ing,choos.es
v.tr.(及物动词)
To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out.
挑选:从一些可供选择的东西中挑选;选定并挑出
To prefer above others:
认为…比其它更可取:
例句:
chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.
宁愿去超级市场而不去附近的杂货店
To determine or decide:
决定或选定:
例句:
chose to fly rather than drive.
决定乘飞机去而不是开车去
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To make a choice; make a selection:
选择;进行挑选:
例句:
was used to doing as she chose.
习惯做自己选择的事
<常用词组>choose up
To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.
选球员组队:在棒球或软式棒球等运动中挑选队员组成两方或两队
来源:
Middle English chesen
中古英语 chesen
from Old English côosan * see geus-
源自 古英语 côosan *参见 geus-
【引伸】
choos.er
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>choose,select,elect,pickThese verbs mean to make a choice from a number of possibilities.
这些动词都指从一些可能性中做出选择。
Choose implies the use of judgment in taking one of several persons, things, or courses of action:
Choose 含有运用判断力在一些人、物或行为方式中选出一个的意思:
例句:
.We do not choose survival as a value; it chooses us. (B.F. Skinner).
.并不是我们把生存作为一种价值而选择了它;而是它选择了我们. (B·F·斯基纳)。
Select stresses fastidiousness in choosing from a wide variety:
Select 侧重于从许多不同种类中进行选择时的挑剔态度:
例句:
Four skiers will be selected to represent each country.
每个国家将选出四名滑雪者作为代表。
Elect strongly suggests deliberation in making a selection, usually between alternatives:
Elect 强烈地暗示着通常在两者之间作出挑选时的深思细想:
例句:
I elected not to go.
我决定不去。
Pick, likeselect, indicates care in choosing:
Pick 和select 一样,表示选择时的小心谨慎:
例句:
.Not only do I knock `em out, I pick the round. (Muhammad Ali).
.我不但能击倒,我还能挑选在哪一回合击倒. (默罕默德·阿里)