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单词 select
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selectverb [ I or T ]

uk/sɪˈlekt/us/səˈlekt/

B1 to choose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions:

There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could select one of them.
A mouse is a device which makes it easier to select different options from computer menus.
How do you select people for promotion?
[ + obj + to infinitive ] He was selected to play for Australia at the age of only 18.

More examples

  • He was selected to play for Australia at the age of only 18.
  • I selected the best staff available.
  • The judges will select the best from this year's crop of first novels.
  • When you have selected the file you want, click the 'Open' box.
  • Click 'Tools', then select 'Options' from the pull-down menu.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Taking and choosing

  • accord
  • adopt
  • adopted
  • adoption
  • appoint
  • bags I... idiom
  • dip
  • easy option
  • either-or
  • elect
  • empanel
  • go off with sth
  • have/keep your options open idiom
  • selection
  • selective
  • selector
  • self-selected
  • single sb/sth out
  • skim sb/sth off
  • slate

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selectadjective

uk/sɪˈlekt/us/səˈlekt/

of only the best type or highest quality, and usually small in size or amount:

It's a very select club - I've been trying unsuccessfully to join it for years.
These activities should be available to all students, not just a select few.
Hamilton lives in a very select part of Boston.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Extremely good

  • admirable
  • amazing
  • ask for sb/sth
  • award-winning
  • awesome
  • bowl
  • brilliant
  • incomparable
  • incredible
  • inspired
  • irreplaceable
  • life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
  • outstanding
  • parallel
  • sick
  • superlatively
  • supremacy
  • supreme
  • terrific
  • textbook

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