choose

choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt

动词 choose:

1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
   同义词：take, select, pick out
2. select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative
   同义词：prefer, opt
3. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

1. Free will makes us able to choose our way of life.
   自由的意志使我们可以选择自己的生活方式。
2. He chose not to go home until later.
   他决定晚一点才回家。
3. Have you chosen a coat yet?
   你挑好了上衣没有？

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）