choose verb ⇨choose (choose from sth)⇨decide (choose not to marry)choose
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choose ♦︎ select ♦︎ pick ♦︎ decide ♦︎ opt ♦︎ go for sth ♦︎ single sb/sth out ♦︎ adoptThese words all mean to make a decision about which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available.这些词均表示选择、挑选。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to choose / select / pick / single out A from B◆to choose / select / pick / decide between A and / or B◆to choose / select / pick / opt for / go for / single out / adopt sb / sth as sb / sth◆to choose / select / pick / single out sb / sth for sb / sth◆to choose / select / pick / opt for / go for / single out / adopt sb / sth to do sth◆to choose / decide / opt to do sth◆to pick / single sb / sth out◆to choose / select / pick sb / sth carefully / at random◆randomly chosen / selected / picked◆well chosen / selected■choose(chose, chosen) [intransitive, transitive] to make a decision about which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available选择;挑选;选取◆You choose-I can't decide.你来选吧,我拿不定主意。◆There are plenty of restaurants to choose from.有许多餐馆可供选择。◆She had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny.她不得不在放弃工作和雇用保姆之间作出选择。◆You have to take any job you can get-you can't pick and choose.你能找到什么工作就得干什么-不能挑三拣四了。◆He chose banking as a career.他选择在银行业发展。◆You'll have to choose whether to buy it or not.买还是不买,你得作出选择。◆We chose Paul Stubbs to be chairperson.我们选了保罗•斯塔布斯当主席。 see also choice ⇨ option, choice ⇨ range1■select [transitive, often passive] (ratherformal) to choose sb/sth, usually according to a system, from a group of people or things(根据一套体系)选择,挑选,选拔◆He hasn't been selected for the team.他未能入选该队。◆All our hotels have been carefully selected for the excellent value they provide.我们的所有旅馆都是精心挑选的,因此最为合算。◆a randomly selected sample of 23 schools随机抽选的23所学校◆selected poems of T.S. EliotT.S.艾略特诗选◆Select 'New Mail' from the 'Send' menu.从“发送”选单中选择“新邮件”。 see also selection ⇨ range1■pick [transitive] (ratherinformal) to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things选择;挑选◆Pick a number from one to twenty.从一至二十中挑选一个数。◆Names were picked at random out of a hat.名字随机从一顶帽子中选出。◆He was picked out as the best player.他被选为最佳选手。NOTE辨析 Choose, select or pick?Choose is the most general of these words and the only one that can be used without an object. * choose在这些词中含义最广,也是唯一可以不带宾语的词◆You select/pick-I can't decide.When you select sth, you choose it carefully, unless you actually say that it is selected randomly/at random. Pick is a more informal word and often a less careful action, used especially when the choice being made is not very important. * select表示仔细挑选,除非特意说明select randomly/at random(随机选取)。相比之下,pick不太正式,常指随意挑选,尤用于所作选择不太重要的情况◆Select a number from one to twenty.■decide [intransitive] to choose between two or more possibilities作出抉择;决定;选定◆It was difficult to decide between the two candidates.很难在这两个候选人之间取舍。◆We're still trying to decide on a venue.我们仍在设法选定场地。◆You choose-I can't decide.你来选吧,我拿不定主意。 see also decide ⇨ decide■opt [intransitive] to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action选择(做某事)◆After graduating she opted for a career in music.毕业后她选择从事音乐工作。◆After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.考虑了许久,我决定不买摩托车。◆Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.许多工人宁愿离职也不接受减薪。◆Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.员工可以选择不参加公司的退休金计划。 see also option ⇨ option■ˈgo for sth
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(goes, went, gone) (ratherinformal) to choose sth选择某物◆I think I'll go for the fruit salad.我想要水果沙拉。■ˌsingle sb/sth ˈout
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to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention单独挑出◆She was singled out for criticism.唯独她被挑出来挨批。◆He was singled out as the outstanding performer of the games.他被评为这次运动会唯一的杰出运动员。■adopt [transitive] to choose a new name, country, etc. and begin to use it as your own选用(名字等);移居(某国);承袭◆The royal family adopted the name of Windsor early in the last century.王室在上世纪早期选用温莎为名。
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