| 单词 | to choose rather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto choose rather 2. with infinitive object: To determine in favour of a course, to decide in accordance with inclination. to choose rather: to resolve (to do one thing) in preference (to another). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] > choose to do something have1340 choosea1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22087 Criste him seluin chese Be borne in bethlem for ure ese. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. ii. 12 Chees rather to dye than lenger to lyue. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 41 He chesid to be maad þe lowist. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Ai Some chose to go by the world, & some by religion. 1611 Bible (King James) Heb. xi. 25 Chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, then to enjoy the pleasures of sinne for a season. View more context for this quotation 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 51 [He] chooses to forego the Pleasure, rather than endure the Pain. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 41 A wise traveller will naturally choose to visit the best of actual nations. < as lemmas |
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