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单词 choose
释义
choose
(z )
Word forms: chooses , choosing , chose , chosen
1. verb A1
If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
They will be able to choose their own leaders in democratic elections. [VERB noun]
...citizens who had chosen that weekend to begin their holiday. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
There are several patchwork cushions to choose from. [V + from/between]
Houston was chosen as the site for the convention. [be VERB-ed + as]
He did well in his chosen profession. [VERB-ed]
2. verb B1
If you choose to do something, you do it because you want to or because you feel that it is right.
They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it. [VERB to-infinitive]
You can just take out the interest each year, if you choose. [VERB]
Synonyms: wish, want, desire, see fit  
3. little to choose between/nothing to choose between phrase
If there is little to choose between people or things or nothing to choose between them, it is difficult to decide which is better or more suitable. [mainly British]
There is very little to choose between the world's top tennis players.
4. the chosen few/a chosen few/someone's chosen phrase
The chosen few are a small group who are treated better than other people. You sometimes use this expression when you think this is unfair.
Learning should no longer be an elitist pastime for the chosen few.
5. to pick and choose phrase
If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
As a vocational teacher I could pretty much pick and choose my work.
We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
Quotations:
If you run after two hares you will catch neither
Collocations:
choose a destination
Although self-catering can be a great way for families to save money, they should choose their destination carefully.
The Sun
It's best to choose a destination that offers warm, clear water with minimal currents.
Times, Sunday Times
Do you choose the destination first and develop the plot later?
The Sun
They will choose their destination only at the last minute.
Times, Sunday Times
But even in that corner, the sailing conditions can vary wildly, so it's important to choose your destination carefully.
Times, Sunday Times
choose a venue
Choose a venue where food and entertainment are included, or take over a restaurant.
Times, Sunday Times
Well, mine not to reason why, mine just to choose a venue.
Times, Sunday Times
They also choose the venue of the third match in case both teams are tied on points after the second leg.
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She has got the wedding plans in full swing, having already chosen the venue.
The Sun
They may choose a venue (such as a state court) where judges are less experienced or a court which has proven historically favorable to business claims.
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choose a winner
Today we reveal the shortlist — and it's now down to you to choose the winner.
Times, Sunday Times
We will choose the winner from our shortlist, but we won't make up our minds until we hear your views.
Times, Sunday Times
Visit our website and choose the winner or let us know who we have missed.
Times, Sunday Times
We could have open auditions from the hopefuls, with only the best ones going through to the final where the public choose the winner.
The Sun
To win one of your own, send us your favourite holiday pic, we choose a winner every week.
The Sun
choose an option
When buying new, owners could also choose an option of a reversing camera with a display in the rear-view mirror.
Times, Sunday Times
However, they are reluctant to choose this option as conversion would be expensive and the premises would not be considered secure enough.
Times, Sunday Times
While many people are selling their homes using online firms these days, many people do not have the time to choose this option.
Times, Sunday Times
Many travellers will choose this option to escape the problems of getting to city-centre stations with their luggage.
Times, Sunday Times
However, not many choose this option, with only about 100 providers of supported lodgings in the country.
Times, Sunday Times
choose freely
Who knows what he might have done if he'd been able to choose freely.
Times, Sunday Times
We will see it as that last moment when politicians pretended that they would be able to choose freely when to tackle the country's public debt.
Times, Sunday Times
Players can choose freely among the three stage types at any time, but each level may only be cleared once.
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These words can be chosen freely, according the specific needs and interests of the learner.
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The polarization of the input beam (assumed to be collimated and monochromatic) can be chosen freely (linear, circular, or elliptic).
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choose wisely
Choose wisely or, better, give the nursery nurse a chance at stardom.
Times, Sunday Times
It's joyful saying yes to treats - you just need to choose wisely.
The Sun
You choose wisely the people around you, doubling your self-confidence.
The Sun
Choose wisely and the desert-island fantasy may not be dangerous at all, but simply expensive.
Times, Sunday Times
Choose wisely and 1970s-revival classics can be had.
Times, Sunday Times
chosen deliberately
But so what if they were chosen deliberately?
The Sun
The repeated cost of staging the international event led to claims that 'turkeys' were eventually chosen deliberately to guarantee failure.
Times, Sunday Times
They had been early casualties, chosen deliberately so their bodies were completely unrecognisable.
The Sun
Was the page chosen deliberately?
Times, Sunday Times
chosen randomly
Excitement would go up several notches if the couples were chosen randomly from a hat.
Times, Sunday Times
Porters are chosen randomly from a pool of itinerant, usually illiterate workers.
Times, Sunday Times
Letters to the 5,000 policyholders, who have been chosen randomly, will be sent out over the next three months.
Times, Sunday Times
The order of the writers was chosen randomly, and each writer was given a week to write their 15-page section.
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Then, three countries from each pot were chosen randomly to take part in the first semi-final and the other three in the second one.
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Translations:
Chinese: 选择
Japanese: 選ぶ
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