1DECIDEto decide which one of a number of things or people you want 挑选,选择;选取;选中 → choice
It took us ages to choose a new carpet.
我们挑选新地毯花了很长时间。
A panel of judges will choose the winner.
会由一个评判小组选出冠军。
He chose his words carefully as he spoke.
他说话时字斟句酌。
I don’t mind which one we have – you choose.
我们要哪一个我无所谓,你来挑吧。
choose between
For pudding we could choose between ice cream and apple tart.
甜点我们可以选冰激凌或者苹果馅饼。
choose from
You can choose from a wide range of vehicles.
你可以从多种交通工具中选择。
choose to do something
I chose to learn German rather than French.
我选择学习德语,而不是法语。
choose somebody/something to do something
They chose Donald to be their leader.
他们选唐纳德当他们的领袖。
choose somebody/something as something
The company chose London as its base.
这家公司选择伦敦作为总部所在地。
choose somebody/something for something
Why did you choose me for the job?
你为什么选我来做这项工作?
nchoose which/whether/what etc
nYou can choose what you want to do first.
2DECIDEto decide to do something because that is what you prefer to do 情愿,宁愿;选定,决定
choose to do something
I chose to ignore his advice.
我决定不理会他的建议。
You can, if you choose, invest in the stock market.
如果你愿意,可以投资股票市场。
3there is little/nothing to choose between somethingCHOOSEused when you think that two or more things are equally good and you cannot decide which is better 两者不相上下[同样好],难以取舍
There was little to choose between the two candidates.
两名候选人不相上下。
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there is little/nothing to choose between something• But there is little to choose between the two in terms of overallperformance.• Both make-ups can be available at the same time and, so far as value goes, there is nothing to choose between them.
THESAURUS
choose to decide which one of several things you want 挑选,选择
I chose a black dress.
我选了一条黑色的连衣裙。
Which dessert should I choose?
我选什么甜点呢?
pick to choose something, especially without thinking carefully. Pick is more informal than choose 〔尤指未经认真考虑〕挑选,选择〔pick没有choose正式〕
Pick any number from one to ten.
从一到十中任选一个数字。
select formal to choose something, especially after thinking carefully 〔尤指经认真考虑〕挑选,选择,选拔
The committee will meet to select a new chairman.
委员会将开会选出新的主席。
nAll our instructors are carefully selected.
opt for/go for to choose one thing instead of another 选择
Many car buyers opt for used vehicles.
许多购车者都选择二手车。
I think I’ll go for the chocolate cake.
我想我还是要巧克力蛋糕吧。
decide on to choose something from many possible things, especially when the decision has been difficult or taken a long time 决定要〔尤指决定很难作出或花费很长时间〕
Thomas had decided on a career as a writer.
托马斯已经决定从事写作。
single out to choose one person or thing from a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others 挑出,选出〔一人或一物〕
Why should he be singled out for special treatment?
为什么单给他一个人特殊待遇?
nOne student was singled out for special attention.
take your pick especially spoken to choose anything you want, especially when there are many different things available 〔尤指从许多不同的东西中〕选择,挑选
You can take your pick from Bodrum’s many bars and restaurants.
博德鲁姆有许多酒吧和餐馆任你选择。
5FREQUENCY 使用频率
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choose• We should not have to choose.• I can't decide what I want. You choose.• The city chose a new mayor on Tuesday.• Will you help me choose a present for Warren?• He chose Armagh as his center of power.• Seattle has been chosen as the venue for next year's conference.• We have to choose between doing geography or studying another language.• He could afford to take it easy and he picked and chose carefully whatever he wanted to do.• The board has unanimously chosen Cole as Gray's temporaryreplacement.• Many of the industrieschosen for government investment have in fact already gone bankrupt.• But which to choose from his marvellousoutput?• Importrestrictions will reduce the number of cars buyers have to choose from.• Companies are now using computers to help them choose new workers.• More and more young couplestoday are choosing not to marry.• A committee will be selected to choose the new leader.• "Where do you want to go?" "You choose this time."• The fabric that she chose to be made into a dress is a combination of silk and cotton.• Why do so few women choose to become engineers?• And with so much wood in the room, a naturalcolourscheme has been chosen to complement it.• Eventually, Jane was chosen to deliver the message.• We are a people who have chosen to denypoor children clothes, medicine and school supplies.• I told him to drive more slowly, but he chose to ignore my advice.• Beattie has taken a big risk here by choosing to tell her tale through the wan and washed-out Jean.• You will need to choosetrees that flower at the same time.• It took her three hours to choose which dress to wear.
chose ... words• They then had to explain why they chose their words.• He chose words from a specialcommunicationsprogram and fashioned them into sentences.• Your editor should ask for your opinions, why you chose certain words or decided to include or omit information.• I hope that I chose my words with some care.