CHOOSE1 to decide which one you want2 to finally choose something after considering all the possibilities3 to choose one person or thing from among a lot of similar things4 to choose someone for a job or team5 to choose someone or something for a particular purpose6 the decision you make when you choose7 something or someone that has been chosen8 the things or people that you can choose from9 when you are very careful about choosing thingsRELATED WORDSchoose to do something 选择做某事DECIDEsee alsoVOTE1 to decide which one you want 决定想要哪一个choose /tʃuːz/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to decide which one of several things or possibilities you want 选择，挑选 I can't decide what I want. You choose. 我决定不了要什么，你来选吧。 Will you help me choose a present for Warren? 你帮我给沃伦挑选一份礼物，好吗?choose to do something Why do so few women choose to become engineers? 为什么那么少女性选择当工程师？choose whether/which/when etc It took her three hours to choose which dress to wear. 她花了三个小时才决定穿哪套衣服。choose betweenchoose one of two things 两者选一 We have to choose between doing geography or studying another language. 我们得在学地理还是学另一门语言间作选择。choose fromchoose from among several things 从〔几个东西中〕选 Import restrictions will reduce the number of cars buyers have to choose from. 进口限制将会缩小汽车买主的选择范围。pick /pɪk/ [transitive verb]informalto choose something, especially without thinking very carefully about it 【非正式】〔尤指随便地〕挑选，选择 Pick a number from one to five. 从一至五中挑一个数字。 Let me pick the movie tonight - I don't want to see another comedy. 让我选今晚的电影吧—我不想再看一场喜剧了。select /sɪˈlekt, səˈlekt/ [transitive verb]formalto choose something by carefully thinking about which is the best or most suitable 【正式】仔细选择，挑选，精选 It's very important that parents select the right school for a child with learning difficulties. 家长为学习有困难的子女选择合适的学校是很重要的。 Our wines have been carefully selected from vineyards throughout Europe. 我们的葡萄酒是从全欧洲的葡萄园中精选出来的。select something from something The team's name was selected from more than 1,700 suggestions. 这个队名是从1,700多个建议中选出来的。go for /ˈgəʊ fɔːʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb]spoken informalto choose something because you think it is the most attractive, interesting, or enjoyable 【口，非正式】选择〔指出于喜爱或兴趣〕 I don't usually go for horror movies. 我一般不喜欢恐怖影片。 Whenever we eat out, she always goes for the most expensive thing on the menu. 我们每次下馆子吃饭，她总是点菜单上最贵的菜。make a choice /ˌmeɪk ə ˈtʃɔɪs/ [verb phrase]to make a decision, especially a difficult decision, about which thing to choose 选择〔尤指困难的决定〕 I felt I was being forced to make a choice between my family and my job. 我觉得自己被迫在家庭和工作之间作出选择。 It had been difficult to leave her unhappy marriage, but she had made her choice. 舍弃不幸福的婚姻很难，但是她已经作出了决定。make the right/wrong choice Sean's decided to study law - I hope he's made the right choice. 肖恩决定学习法律—我希望他的选择是正确的。take your pick /ˌteɪk jɔːʳ ˈpɪk/ [verb phrase]if someone cantake their pick, they can choose exactly the thing that they want without anything limiting their choice 任意挑选 She showed me the box of kittens and told me I could take my pick. 她给我看了装小猫咪的盒子，叫我自己挑。 With so many houses for sale, buyers with cash can take their pick. 有那么多房子出售，持现金的买主可以任意挑选。take your pick of The program's top graduate took her pick of five job offers. 该课程的第一名在五份工作中任选了一份。2 to finally choose something after considering all the possibilities 仔细考虑所有的可能性后，最后选择某物decide on /dɪˈsaɪd ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to finally choose something, especially when making the decision has been difficult or has taken a long time 决定；选定 Have you decided on a name for the baby yet? 你选定了孩子的名字吗？ We couldn't decide on a new color for the kitchen, so we left it white. 我们决定不了给厨房刷什么新颜色，因此就让它保留原来的白色。settle on /ˈsetl ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]if someone, especially a group of people,settles on something, they finally agree to choose that thing after considering all the possibilities, discussing it etc 〔尤指一组人〕决定，选定 Hiroaki wanted white and I wanted black, so we settled on grey. 广明想要白的，而我想要黑的，所以我们决定要灰的。 Can we at least settle on a date for our next meeting? 至少，我们能不能约定下次会议的日期？ We finally settled on Miami as the site of our next conference. 我们最终选定迈阿密为下次会议的召开地点。plump for /ˈplʌmp fɔːʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]British informalto choose one of two or more things after thinking carefully about it, especially if you have had difficulty in deciding 【英，非正式】〔指在难以选择的情况下〕决定，选定 They thought of going to Madeira or mainland Spain, but finally plumped for the Canary Islands. 他们考虑过去马德拉群岛，也考虑过去西班牙本土，但最后决定去加那利群岛。 She looked at every sweater in the shop before plumping for a red mohair one. 店里的每一件毛衫她都看过了，最后选了一件红色马海毛的。opt /ɒptǁɑːpt/ [intransitive verb]to choose something after thinking carefully about all the possibilities 〔仔细考虑后〕选择；作出抉择opt for After college, Ruffin opted for the Army over college. 中学毕业后，拉芬选择了参军，不上大学。opt to do something When her parents divorced, Mary Ann opted to live with her father. 父母离婚时，玛丽·安选择与父亲一同生活。3 to choose one person or thing from among a lot of similar things 从许多类似物中挑选出某物single out /ˌsɪŋgəl ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to choose someone or something from among a group of similar people or things, especially in order to praise them or criticize them 〔尤指为了赞扬或批评〕选出single out somebody/something Could you single out one factor that is more important than the others? 你能挑出一个最重要的因素吗？single somebody/something out His teacher was always singling him out, calling on him when his hand wasn't even raised. 即使没有举手，老师也常常会选中他，叫他回答问题。single somebody/something out for something Captain Withers was singled out for special mention and was awarded the Military Cross. 威瑟斯上校受到特别嘉奖，获授“军功十字勋章”。pick out /ˌpɪk ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to consider a group of similar people or things and to choose the one that you like most 选出，挑出〔最喜爱的人或物〕pick out somebody/something He looked through the tourist guide and picked out a few exhibitions to see while he was in town. 他查看了旅游指南，选了几个展览，打算去城里时看。pick somebody/something out The editor looked through the file, picking the best models out for the fashion shoot. 编辑浏览了整个档案，为时装广告拍摄挑选出最好的模特儿。4 to choose someone for a job or team 选择某人做某件工作或参加某个队choose /tʃuːz/ [transitive verb]to decide who is the best person for a job, team, prize etc 选，挑选 Companies are now using computers to help them choose new workers. 公司现在利用电脑来帮助他们挑选新员工。choose somebody as something The board has unanimously chosen Cole as Gray's temporary replacement. 董事会一致推选科尔来临时替代格雷。choose somebody to do something Eventually, Jane was chosen to deliver the message. 最终选了简去送信。select /sɪˈlekt, səˈlekt/ [transitive verb]formalto choose someone for a particular job, team, place at school etc, after considering a lot of different people who might be suitable 【正式】挑选，选择 The college selects only twelve students a year from the thousands who apply. 这所学院每年从成千上万名申请者中只挑选出12名学员。select somebody for something We selected four applicants for interview. 我们选了四名申请者来面试。select somebody to do something Ernst had been selected to play in the game against Belgium. 欧内斯特入选参加对比利时的比赛。appoint /əˈpɔɪnt/ [transitive verb]to officially choose someone to do an important job 〔正式〕任命；委派 The company has appointed a new sales director. 这家公司已任命了一位新的销售主管。appoint somebody to something Simpson has been appointed to the Memphis Branch board for a three-year term. 辛普森被派到孟菲斯分公司董事会任职，为期三年。appoint somebody as something They have appointed Jane Staller as their new East Coast manager. 他们任命简·施塔勒为东海岸区的新经理。appoint somebody to do something A committee was appointed to consider changes to the Prison Service. 已委派了一个委员会负责考虑对监狱部门进行改革。pick /pɪk/ [transitive verb]to choose someone for a sports team or an important job 挑选〔某人成为某支运动队的成员或做一项重要工作〕 The class was divided into four teams, and each group was asked to pick a leader. 这个班被分成四组，每组要选出一名组长。pick somebody to do something Joe picked Steve and Terry to be on his team. 乔将史蒂夫和特里选入自己的队。pick somebody for something Do you think he might pick another woman for the Supreme Court? 你认为他会选其他女性进入最高法院吗？name /neɪm/ [transitive verb]to publicly say who has been chosen for an important job in an organization 〔公布〕任命 The editor of ‘The Times’ has resigned amid a political storm. His successor has not yet been named. 《泰晤士报》编辑在一场政治风暴中辞职，继任者尚未选定。name somebody to something McCarthy was recently named to the Small Business Committee. 麦卡锡近日被任命进入小企业委员会。name somebody as something The magazine has named Bonnie Fuller as deputy editor. 该杂志社任命邦尼·富勒为副编辑。name somebody something We are naming Dr Bob McClure head of the IRC in China. 我们将任命他为部门主管。nominate /ˈnɒmɪneɪt, ˈnɒməneɪtǁˈnɑː-/ [transitive verb]if someone, especially a group of people,nominates someone, they officially choose that person to be considered for a particular job 〔尤指一组人〕提名nominate somebody to something Mills is expected to be formally nominated to the board next month. 米尔斯有望下月被正式提名进入董事会。nominate somebody to do something Lee was the first Chinese American nominated to head the Civil Rights Division. 李是第一位被提名领导人权事务部的美国华裔。nominate somebody as something They nominated her as the British spokesperson at the International Arms Conference. 他们提名她为国际军备大会上代表英国的发言人。be shortlisted /biː ˈʃɔːʳtlɪstd/British/be on the short list /biː ɒn ðə ˈʃɔːʳt lɪst/ [verb phrase]if youare shortlisted oron the short list for a job or a position, you are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from other people who want the job, and from that small group one person will be chosen 被列入决选名单 Three applicants have been shortlisted and will be invited for interview next week. 三名申请人被列入最终候选人名单，他们将获邀参加下周的面试。be shortlisted for He's been on the President's short list for the job twice. 他已两次被总统列入该职位最后候选人名单。tap /tæp/ [transitive verb]Americanto officially choose someone for an important job 【美】选择；指定tap somebody for something Reinhardt was tapped for the federal bench in 1980 by former President Carter. 1980年莱因哈特被前总统卡特任命为联邦法官。5 to choose someone or something for a particular purpose 为了某种目的挑选某人或某物choose /tʃuːz/ [transitive verb] A committee will be selected to choose the new leader. 将选出一个委员会来决定新的领导人。choose somebody/something as something Seattle has been chosen as the venue for next year's conference. 西雅图被选为明年会议召开的地点。choose somebody/something for something Many of the industries chosen for government investment have in fact already gone bankrupt. 许多被选为政府投资项目的企业实际上已经破产。choose somebody/something to do something The fabric that she chose to be made into a dress is a combination of silk and cotton. 她选用的衣料是丝棉的混纺品。6 the decision you make when you choose 选择时所作的决定choice /tʃɔɪs/ [countable/uncountable noun] It was a difficult choice, but we finally decided that Hannah should have the prize. 挑选起来很难，但我们最终决定汉娜应该获奖。 The board denied that financial considerations had influenced their choice. 董事会否认财政上的考虑影响他们的选择。 Patients are demanding greater choice in the type of treatment they get. 病人要求有更多可以选择的疗法。freedom of choicewhen you can choose for yourself 选择的自由 I don't believe in fate - we all have freedom of choice. 我不相信命运—我们都可以自由选择。by choicewithout being influenced by other people 自愿 He says he lives on the street by choice. 他声称是自愿露宿街头的。7 something or someone that has been chosen 选定的某物或某人choice /tʃɔɪs/ [singular noun]something or someone that has been chosen 选定的东西〔人〕 Maria was very pleased with her choice. 玛丽亚对自己选的东西很满意。first/second/third choicethe thing you wanted most, the thing you wanted most after that etc 首选/次选/第三选择 Greece was our first choice for a vacation, but all the flights were full. 希腊是我们度假的首选地，但是所有航班都满了。somebody's choice of I don't like his choice of friends. 我不喜欢他交的那些朋友。selection /sɪˈlekʃən, səˈlekʃən/ [countable noun usually singular]a small group of the best things that have been chosen from a larger group 挑选出的东西；精选品selection of She showed me a selection of her drawings. 她给我看了她的画作选。 a selection of songs from ‘West Side Story’ 《西区故事》歌曲精选chosen /ˈtʃəʊzən/ [adjective only before noun]use this about the person or thing that has been chosen 被选的 I want my children to be successful in their chosen careers. 我希望孩子们在他们自己选择的事业中获得成功。 You have two minutes to answer questions on your chosen subject. 你有两分钟的时间来回答你所选课题中的问题。well-chosencarefully and successfully chosen 精选的，合适的 The flavorful vegetables require only melted butter and some well-chosen herbs. 美味的蔬菜只需加上融化的黄油和一些合适的香草就行了。selected /sɪˈlektəd, səˈlektəd/ [adjective only before noun]carefully chosen from a larger group, usually for a particular purpose 仔细挑选出的〔通常为了某种目的〕 There is a discount of 10% off selected items in this store. 在这家店里，部分商品九折销售。 The book is a collection of selected essays by D.H.Lawrence. 本书是D.H.劳伦斯的散文选集。specially/carefully selected A small and carefully selected group of friends has been invited to the wedding. 少数仔细挑选出的朋友获邀参加婚礼。handpicked/hand-picked /ˌhændˈpɪkt◂/ [adjective]people who arehand-picked have been specially chosen by someone because they are the best or most suitable people for a particular job, position etc 〔指人〕专门挑选的〔以做某项工作〕 The school is staffed with handpicked educators and psychiatric specialists. 这所学校配备有精英教员和精神科专家。 With a small, hand-picked squad of ex-paratroopers, Collins managed to get through the defences. 科林斯带着一支由精心挑选的前伞兵队员组成的小分队设法通过了防御工事。of your choice /əv jɔːʳ ˈtʃɔɪs/ [adjective phrase]somethingof your choice has been chosen by you, with nothing limiting which one you choose 任意选择的；自选的 The magician told her to hold up three cards of her choice. 魔术师让她任选三张牌举起来。 You could win a fabulous weekend break at a luxurious hotel of your choice. 你获奖后可以任意挑选一家豪华旅馆，在那里度过一个美妙的周末。8 the things or people that you can choose from 可供选择的物或人choice /tʃɔɪs/ [singular/uncountable noun]choice of The school seems OK, but there isn't a great choice of courses. 该校看上去不错，可是供选择的课程不是很多。have a choicebe able to choose from several things 有选择 With her high grades and athletic skill, Celeste had her choice of colleges. 西莉斯特成绩优秀又有运动技能，可以随意挑选大学。have no choice but to do somethingto be forced to do something because there is nothing else you can choose 不得不做某事 Spooner says he had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. 施普纳说他别无选择，只能申请破产。wide choicea lot of things to choose from 广泛的选择 There is a wide choice of hotels and hostels in the town. 镇上有许多酒店和旅舍可供选择。option /ˈɒpʃənǁˈɑːp-/ [countable noun]one of the things that you can choose to do in a particular situation 〔某种情况下〕供选择的事物，供选择的做法 He basically has two options: he can have the surgery, or he can give up playing football. 他大致有两种选择：要么动手术，要么放弃踢球。keep/leave your options opendelay choosing so that you continue to have several things to choose from 保留选择的余地 I haven't signed any contracts yet - I want to keep my options open. 我还没有签任何合同—我想暂且不作决定。alternative /ɔːlˈtɜːʳnətɪvǁɔːl-, æl-/ [countable noun]one of two or more ways of doing something 可供选择的方式 Did you consider other alternatives before you moved in with Lucy? 搬去和露西同住之前，你还考虑过其他办法吗?alternative to There is no practical alternative to our current policy. 没有其他实用的办法可代替我们目前的政策。have no alternativeto not have a choice 别无选择 He says he doesn't want to see a doctor, but I'm afraid he has no alternative. 他说他不想看医生，可是我恐怕他别无选择。selection /sɪˈlekʃən, səˈlekʃən/ [singular noun]a lot of things of a similar type for you to choose from, especially in a shop 供挑选的同类物品〔尤在商店内〕selection of A wonderful selection of cakes and pastries was displayed in the window. 橱窗里陈列着可供选购的各种美味蛋糕和油酥点心。wide/large selection The restaurant offers a wide selection of local dishes. 那家餐厅有许多地方菜可供挑选。to choose from /tə ˈtʃuːz frɒm/ [adjective phrase]if there is a particular range of things or peopleto choose from, you can choose what you want from that range 可以从…选择 There are a lot of good restaurants downtown to choose from. 市中心有许多好的餐厅可以选择。 Portland has so many theaters to choose from. 波特兰有许多剧院可以选择。9 when you are very careful about choosing things 挑选东西很仔细choosy /ˈtʃuːzi/ [adjective]informalsomeone who ischoosy chooses things carefully and only wants the things they think are the best 【非正式】挑剔的，讲究的 I get offered a lot of work now, so I can be more choosy. 眼下有许多工作给我干，所以我可以更挑剔些。choosy about She's very choosy about what airline she travels on. 她出行时对于航空公司要求很高。fussy/picky /ˈfʌsi, ˈpɪki/ [adjective]informalsomeone who is fussy or picky is difficult to please because they only like a few things and will only accept exactly what they want 【非正式】爱挑剔的，难以取悦的 Maybe I'm too picky, but all the guys I meet seem so boring. 可能是我太挑剔了，但是我遇到的家伙似乎都很乏味。fussy/picky about She was always very fussy about her clothes. 她对于自己的服装总是很挑剔。picky/fussy eatersomeone who will only eat the few things they like 对食物挑剔的人 We're not really picky eaters, but we don't eat much fast food. 我们不是很挑剔的食客，但是不常吃快餐。be particular about /biː pəʳˈtɪkɑlər əbaʊt something/ [verb phrase]to be very careful about choosing only the very best of something, or only exactly what you like, usually with the result that people think you are too careful about it 对…非常讲究；对…过分在意be particular about about He's very particular about the clothes he buys. 他对自己买的服装很讲究。be particular about what/where etc Monica is particular about what she eats - no meat, and only organic vegetables. 莫妮卡对食物很挑剔——不吃肉，只吃有机蔬菜。selective /sɪˈlektɪv, səˈlektɪv/ [adjective]someone who isselective chooses things very carefully because they want to choose the best, most suitable etc 精挑细选的，讲究的 You've got to be very selective when choosing a roommate. 选择室友的时候一定要非常仔细。selective about People are becoming more and more selective about the food they eat these days. 如今，人们对食品越来越讲究了。shop around /ˌʃɒp əˈraʊndǁˌʃɑːp-/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto look at or try several different possibilities before choosing the one which is the best, cheapest etc 【非正式】逐店选购，货比三家 Never buy the first car you see. Always shop around. 千万不能看到一辆车就买下来，什么时候都要货比三家。 Shop around a little bit before you choose a therapist. 选定治疗专家之前要多看看，比较一下。shop around for You should shop around for a better price. 你应当货比三家，找个好价钱。