Choose

[tʃuːz] or [tʃuz]

解释:

(verb.) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; 'Take any one of these cards'; 'Choose a good husband for your daughter'; 'She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her'.

(verb.) select as an alternative over another; 'I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant'; 'She opted for the job on the East coast'.

(verb.) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; 'She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam'.

编辑:基蒂--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

(v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.

(v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.

(v. i.) To do otherwise.

编辑:陌莉

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Select, elect, prefer, cull, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon, catch at, make choice of.

整理:玛丽

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Select, elect, prefer, appropriate, adopt, cull, pick_out

ANT:Leave, dismiss, reject, refuse, disclaim, repudiate, ignore, decline

多米尼克整理

解释:

v.t. to take one thing in preference to another: to select.—v.i. to will or determine: to think fit:—pa.t. chōse; pa.p. chōs′en.—ns. Choos′er (Shak.) one who chooses; Choos′ing choice: selection.—Cannot choose can have no alternative.—Not much to choose between each about equally bad.—Pick and choose to select with care.

校对:维托