- When you come to a fork in the road, you have to make a choice. If you can't decide, maybe you should flip a coin.
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- n. 选择
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1. We are faced with a difficult choice.
我们面临着困难的抉择。
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2. women forced to make a choice between family and career
被迫在家庭和事业之间作出抉择的妇女
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3. There is a wide range of choices open to you.
你有很多选择。
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4. He had no choice but to leave .
除了离去，他别无选择。
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5. She's the obvious choice for the job.
她是这个职位最合适的人选。
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6. This colour wasn't my first choice.
这种颜色并非我的首选。
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7. She wouldn't be my choice as manager.
我不会选中她做经理。
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8. She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases.
她简明扼要地总结了情况。
- choice (adj.) "worthy to be chosen, distinguished, excellent," mid-14c., from choice (n.). Related: Choiceness.
- choice (n.) mid-14c., "that which is choice," from choice (adj.) blended with earlier chois (n.) "action of selecting" (c. 1300); "power of choosing" (early 14c.), "the person or thing chosen" (late 14c.), from Old French chois "one's choice; fact of having a choice" (12c., Modern French choix), from verb choisir "to choose, distinguish, discern; recognize, perceive, see," which is from Frankish or some other Germanic source and related to Old English ceosan "to choose, taste, try" (from PIE root *geus- "to taste; to choose").
choice ★ / tʃɔɪs ; NAmE tʃɔɪs / noun , adjective choice choices choicer choicest noun ★ 1 ★ [countable ] choice(between A and B) an act of choosing between two or more possibilities; something that you can choose 选择；挑选；抉择 ◆ women forced to make a choice between family and career 被迫在家庭和事业之间作出抉择的妇女 ◆ We are faced with a difficult choice. 我们面临着困难的抉择。 ◆ We aim to help students make more informed career choices. 我们旨在帮助学生作出更有依据的职业抉择。 ◆ There is a wide range of choices open to you. 你有很多选择。 ☞synonyms at option 2 ★ [uncountable , singular ] the right to choose or the possibility of choosing 选择权；选择的可能性 ◆ If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow. 如果让我选择，我明天就停止工作。 ◆ He had no choicebut to leave (= this was the only thing he could do). 除了离去，他别无选择。 ◆ She's going to do it. She doesn't have much choice,really, does she? 她就要做那件事了。她真的没有多少选择的余地了，不是吗？ ◆ This government is committed to extending parental choice in education. 本届政府承诺扩大父母在教育方面的选择权。 3 ★ [countable ] a person or thing that is chosen 入选者；被选中的东西 ◆ She's the obvious choice for the job. 她是这个职位最合适的人选。 ◆ Hawaii remains a popular choice for winter vacation travel. 夏威夷一直是深受人们青睐的冬季假日旅游胜地。 ◆ This colour wasn't my first choice. 这种颜色并非我的首选。 ◆ She wouldn't be my choice as manager. 我不会选中她做经理。 4 ★ [singular , uncountable ] the number or range of different things from which to choose 供选择的品种；可选的范围 ◆ The menu has a good choice of desserts. 菜单上有多种甜食可供选择。 ◆ There wasn't much choiceof colour. 可供选择的颜色不多。 ☞see also Hobson's choice , multiple-choice IDIOMS by ˈchoice because you have chosen 出于自己的选择 ◆ I wouldn't go there by choice. 让我选择，我不会去那里。 of ˈchoice (for sb/sth) ( used after a noun 用于名词后 ) that is chosen by a particular group of people or for a particular purpose 精选的；特选的 ◆ It's the software of choice for business use. 这是商务专用软件。 of your ˈchoice that you choose yourself 自己选择（或选定）的 ◆ First prize will be a meal for two at the restaurant of your choice. 头等奖是一顿双人餐，餐馆任选。 ☞more at pay v. , spoilt adjective ( choicer , choicest ) [only before noun ] 1 (especially of food 尤指食物 ) of very good quality 优质的；上等的；优选的 2 ( NAmE) (of meat 肉 ) of very good, but not the highest, quality （质量）中上级的 3 ~ words/phrases carefully chosen words or phrases 字斟句酌的；仔细推敲过的 ◆ She summed up the situation in a few choice phrases. 她简明扼要地总结了情况。 ◆ ( humorous) He used some pretty choice (= rude or offensive)language. 他出言不逊。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 choice favourite ◆preference ◆selection ◆pick These are all words for a person or thing that is chosen, or that is liked more than others. 以上各词均指选中或特别喜爱的人或事物。 ■ choice a person or thing that is chosen 指入选者、选中的东西： ◆ She's the obvious choice for the job. 她是这个职位最合适的人选。 ■ favourite/favorite a person or thing that you like more than the others of the same type 指同类人或事物中最喜欢的一个： ◆ Which one's your favourite? 你最喜欢哪一个？ ■ preference a thing that is liked better or best 指偏爱的或最喜爱的事物： ◆ Tastes and preferences vary from individual to individual. 人的爱好和选择各不相同。 favourite or preference? 用 favourite 还是 preference？ Your favouritesare the things you like best, and that you have, do, listen to, etc. often; your preferencesare the things that you would rather have or do if you can choose. *favourite 指最喜欢因而常有、常做或常听等的事物； preference 指在可以选择的情况下会较喜欢有或做的事物。 ■ selection a number of people or things that have been chosen from a larger group 指从大类别中选出来的人或事物： ◆ A selection of reader's comments are published below. 下面选登了部份读者的评论。 ■ pick ( rather informal, especially NAmE) a person or thing that is chosen 指选中的人或事物： ◆ She was his pick for best actress. 她是他认为最好的女演员。 PATTERNS ◆ sb's choice/favourite/pick forsth ◆ sb's choice/selection/pick assth ◆ an obviouschoice/favourite/selection ◆ a(n) excellent / excellent choice/selection choice / tʃɔɪs ; NAmE tʃɔɪs /
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