chooses

英 [ˈtʃuːzɪz]

美 [ˈtʃuːzɪz]

v.  选择; 挑选; 选取; 宁愿; 情愿; 决定
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 挑选;选择;选取
  If youchoosesomeone or somethingfromseveral people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
  1. They will be able to choose their own leaders in democratic elections...
     他们将能够通过民主选举选择自己的领导人。
  2. This week he has chosen Peter Mandelson to replace Mo Mowlam...
     本周他选择了彼得·曼德尔森来代替莫·摩兰姆。
  3. There are several patchwork cushions to choose from...
     有好几种拼布工艺靠垫可供选择。
  4. Houston was chosen as the site for the convention...
     休斯敦被选作大会的会址。
  5. He did well in his chosen profession.
     他在自己选择的行业里干得不错。
• VERB 甘愿;决定
  If youchoose todo something, you do it because you want to or because you feel that it is right.
  1. They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it...
     他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。
  2. You can just take out the interest each year, if you choose.
     你要是愿意，每年可以仅支取利息。
• PHRASE 不分上下;好坏相当
  If there islittle to choose betweenpeople or things ornothing to choose betweenthem, it is difficult to decide which is better or more suitable.
  1. There is very little to choose between the world's top tennis players.
     世界顶级网球运动员之间往往难分伯仲。
• PHRASE 享受优厚待遇的少数人；精英
  Thechosen feware a small group who are treated better than other people. You sometimes use this expression when you think this is unfair.
  1. Learning should no longer be an elitist pastime for the chosen few.
     学习不应再是少数人的高级消遣。
• topick and choose→ see:pick

双语例句

• I cannot choose the best the best chooses me.
  我不能选择那最好的，而那最好的选择了我。
• And this time he chooses not to go.
  而这一次他决定不去杀他。
• Each week Dr Buczacki chooses a listener's question and gives a detailed answer.
  每个星期布柴齐医生都会选取一位听众的问题，给予详细回答。
• This is a problem if the organization can ( or chooses to) track only project budget and schedules.
  如果组织能够跟踪仅仅是项目预算和时间计划，这是一个问题。
• How he robs the banks and who he chooses to victimize.
  他如何抢劫银行和选择谁做受害者。
• John Coutis: XiaMen chooses me, as I love it.
  厦门选择了我，就像我爱她一样。
• Clifford chooses the decorations.
  Clifford选了一些装饰品。
• When the user chooses to save, the information is stored in the database.
  当用户选择保存时，这条信息被存储到数据库中。
• This request is mailed to each recipient or group that the user chooses.
  该请求将通过电子邮件发送给用户选择的每个收件人或组。
• For validating the model, the paper chooses Baoding city simple road network as study object.
  为了验证模型正确与适用与否，选取了保定市简化路网作为论文的研究对象。