| 单词 | choice |
| 释义 | choice I. 1. < the choice made by the voters > < Lincoln's choice of Grant as general > 2. a. < a captive has little choice > b. < there is no choice between right and wrong > 3. a. < New York was the delegates' first choice as capital > b. < of the cavalry the king's own was the choice > c. < several choices for the nomination > 4. < more choice of fruits at the larger market > 5. < pick words with choice > 6. < death or exile was the choice > Synonyms: < the oracle has no choice; it must produce an answer — W.D.Howells > Specifically it may suggest individual modifications in obvious or logical criteria < the choice of a cook not for her culinary skill but for her ability to make pretty dishes — Herbert Spencer > preference may heighten notions of personal bias, predilection, or individuality of judgment; it is less likely to suggest a single act of picking, choosing, or deciding < a sterilization of the self, an elimination … of the human bias and preference — Lewis Mumford > < his preferences betray him more than his aversions — J.E.E.Acton-Dalburg > selection may suggest careful or wise judgment and discrimination in picking out from a sizable number < when schools attempted, at least, to cultivate discrimination and to furnish the material on which selection can be founded — C.H.Grandgent > election may refer to a definitive or formal choosing after deliberation and to choosing for some explicit role, duty, or function < the solemnity with which religious and ideological groups claim election for special destinies beyond the grave or upon peculiar peaks of history — Cecil Sprigge > In nontechnical uses in today's English option is likely to suggest genuine conferred or guaranteed liberty to choose deliberately < it was the privilege of the English parent to choose whether his children should be instructed or not … the Education Act of 1870 abolished this option — George Sampson > alternative stresses the idea that things not chosen must necessarily be rejected and vice versa < the necessary alternative was to deny it altogether — O.W.Holmes †1935 > Although objected to, it is quite common in situations involving more than two choices < our three alternatives — T.E.Lawrence > < no third alternative — Walter Moberly > < other alternatives existed — Sidney Hook > • - by choice - of choice II. 1. < Monseigneur … sat down alone to his sumptuous and choice supper — Charles Dickens > < accepting choicest candidates > < stamps in choice condition > 2. < sinister stories of Paris landlords … told … with singularly choice words — F.M.Ford > 3. a. < choice of his food > b. < uncommon choice over her daughters — West Somerset Word Book > 4. a. of meat and other products b. of beef Synonyms: < as from the beds and borders of a garden choice flowers are gathered — William Wordsworth > < when education in America began, it was intended for the fit and designed to produce a choice type — C.H.Grandgent > exquisite implies near perfection, especially in craftsmanship, and may also imply an especial appeal to the discriminating < selected for their beauty … and beautified with the numerous Indian cosmetics, these girls were of the most exquisite loveliness — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > < an exquisite skill of eye and hand which gave them their unique success in that artistic craftsmanship — C.W.Eliot > elegant applies to a refined luxury or richness restrained by good taste < they [the Cavaliers] had more both of profound and of polite learning than the Puritans. Their tempers were more engaging … their tastes more elegant — T.B.Macaulay > < his trousers were extremely elegant, a light cloth, black and white check, hung on his legs — George Moore > rare, in this sense, may apply to any uncommon excellence < the rarest cordials old monks ever schemed to coax from pulpy grapes — Amy Lowell > < nowhere else do we find such rare and costly marbles — H.T.Buckle > recherché may apply to a studied opulent elegance < the sangfroid, grace, abandon, and recherché nonchalance with which Charles Yates ushers ladies and gentlemen to their seats in the opera house — O.Henry > dainty may apply to the graceful and fragile; it usually applies to what pleases the fastidious < the touch is so light, the fancy so dainty, and the conceit so delicate that the poem remains immortally fresh and young — J.W.Draper > < this dainty and somewhat supercilious guest has been brought to the supper by a young Roman — Agnes Repplier > delicate, in this sense, suggests subtlety and fineness and either sensuous or intellectual appeal < the delicate fan tracery and crenellated molding of the screen — Dorothy Sayers > < not, however, an effervescing wine, although its delicate piquancy produced a somewhat similar effect — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < the exquisite transparency and delicate finish of her work — P.E.More > |
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