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单词 select
释义
select
(sɪlekt )
Word forms: selects , selecting , selected
1. verb B1
If you select something, you choose it from a number of things of the same kind.
Voters are selecting candidates for both U.S. Senate seats and for 52 congressional seats. [VERB noun]
With a difficult tee shot, select a club which will keep you short of the trouble. [VERB noun]
The movie is being shown in selected cities. [VERB-ed]
[Also V n + for/from]
2. verb B1
If you select a file or a piece of text on a computer screen, you click on it so that it is marked in a different colour, usually in order for you to give the computer an instruction relating to that file or piece of text. [computing]
I selected a file and pressed the Delete key. [VERB noun]
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A select group is a small group of some of the best people or things of their kind.
He was one of the small select group assembled by Penney, at the High Explosive Research centre.
...a select group of French cheeses.
He will join a select band of quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl three times.
Synonyms: choice, special, prime, picked  
4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as select, you mean it has many desirable features, but is available only to people who have a lot of money or who belong to a high social class.
The couturier is throwing a very lavish and very select party.
...a meeting of a very select club.
Synonyms: exclusive, elite, privileged, limited  
Collocations:
select a site
One of its principal objectives was to select a site and construct a second jet-capable airfield.
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They would select a site on a relatively flat area of bedrocknot sandwhich provided a stable foundation.
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In 1935 submissions were made to the to select a site.
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The first order of business was to select a site for the new club.
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The purpose of his visit was to select a site for a new air base.
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select a successor
However, the bank's shareholders will select a successor, with no single country having the final say.
Times, Sunday Times
The nobles and state officials were left to select a successor from the nearest of kin.
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He selected his successor and will spend the summer showing him the ropes.
Times, Sunday Times
The recriminations threaten to mire in party politics the process of selecting a successor.
Times, Sunday Times
The union declined to discuss the procedure for selecting a successor.
Times, Sunday Times
select a target
First off, select a target.
The Sun
A three-step process was used, the first step being to randomly select the target conditions to be experienced by the senders.
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At this point the magician can select the target card through sleight of hand.
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It used onboard sensors to select the target, descend in altitude, and successfully impact.
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As beautiful as they are..., we'd trade all the eye candy in the world for the ability to accurately select a target.
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select a winner
We need your votes to select a winner from each of these groups.
Times, Sunday Times
They will select a shortlist of 10, which will then be put to a televised vote to select the winner.
Times, Sunday Times
At the meeting they whittle them down to a shortlist of four and then, after a quick break, select the winner.
Times, Sunday Times
The winning song and artist was determined in two rounds of public televoting - first to select the top two, and then to select the winner.
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When only two houseguests remained, all of the previously evicted houseguests would select a winner.
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select audience
A select audience, pared to its essentials by the cold, every one of them bought a copy.
Times, Sunday Times
Here, melodies were no longer allowed, which led to the form appealing to just a small, select audience.
Times, Sunday Times
It has a select audience.
The Sun
Unable to promote their new album, it was tucked away for a select audience.
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The programmes will be broadcast in peak time during the election campaign and will be in front of a selected audience.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 选择, 第一流的
Japanese: 選ぶ, 選び抜かれた
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