choose

单词音标

choose音标[tʃu:z]

汉语翻译

vt. 选择, 宁愿, 欲

vi. 作出选择, 愿意

【计】 选取

相关词组:

choose A before B

pick and choose

词型变化

动词过去式:chose过去分词:chosen现在分词:choosing第三人称单数:chooses名词:chooser

词意辨析

choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt

这些动词均含有“选择”之意。

choose: 普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。

select: 书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。

elect: 指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。

pick: 口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。

prefer: 强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。

opt: 多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

英语解释

动词 choose:

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

同义词：take, select, pick out

select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative

同义词：prefer, opt

see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

例句

Free will makes us able to choose our way of life.

自由的意志使我们可以选择自己的生活方式。

He chose not to go home until later.

他决定晚一点才回家。

Have you chosen a coat yet?

你挑好了上衣没有？

详细解释

choose

v.（动词）

chose[chôz] cho.sen[chô.z…n] choos.ing,choos.es

v.tr.（及物动词）

To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out.

挑选：从一些可供选择的东西中挑选；选定并挑出

To prefer above others:

认为…比其它更可取：

例句：

chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.

宁愿去超级市场而不去附近的杂货店

To determine or decide:

决定或选定：

例句：

chose to fly rather than drive.

决定乘飞机去而不是开车去

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To make a choice; make a selection:

选择；进行挑选：

例句：

was used to doing as she chose.

习惯做自己选择的事

<常用词组>choose up

To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.

选球员组队：在棒球或软式棒球等运动中挑选队员组成两方或两队

来源：

Middle English chesen

中古英语 chesen

from Old English côosan * see geus-

源自 古英语 côosan *参见 geus-

【引伸】

choos.er

n.（名词）

<参考词汇><同义词>choose,select,elect,pickThese verbs mean to make a choice from a number of possibilities.

这些动词都指从一些可能性中做出选择。

Choose implies the use of judgment in taking one of several persons, things, or courses of action:

Choose 含有运用判断力在一些人、物或行为方式中选出一个的意思：

例句：

.We do not choose survival as a value; it chooses us. (B.F. Skinner).

.并不是我们把生存作为一种价值而选择了它；而是它选择了我们. （B·F·斯基纳）。

Select stresses fastidiousness in choosing from a wide variety:

Select 侧重于从许多不同种类中进行选择时的挑剔态度：

例句：

Four skiers will be selected to represent each country.

每个国家将选出四名滑雪者作为代表。

Elect strongly suggests deliberation in making a selection, usually between alternatives:

Elect 强烈地暗示着通常在两者之间作出挑选时的深思细想：

例句：

I elected not to go.

我决定不去。

Pick, likeselect, indicates care in choosing:

Pick 和select 一样，表示选择时的小心谨慎：

例句：

.Not only do I knock `em out, I pick the round. (Muhammad Ali).

.我不但能击倒，我还能挑选在哪一回合击倒. （默罕默德·阿里）