choose

verb

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

e.g. Take any one of these cards
Choose a good husband for your daughter
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her

Synonym: takeselectpick out

2. select as an alternative over another

e.g. I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
She opted for the job on the East coast

Synonym: preferopt

3. see fit or proper to act in a certain way
decide to act in a certain way

e.g. She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam

1. 挑选;选择;选取
If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 甘愿;决定
If you choose to do something, you do it because you want to or because you feel that it is right.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 不分上下;好坏相当
If there is little to choose between people or things or nothing to choose between them, it is difficult to decide which is better or more suitable.

e.g. 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。

4. 享受优厚待遇的少数人；精英
The chosen few are a small group who are treated better than other people. You sometimes use this expression when you think this is unfair.

e.g. 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。

5. to pick and choose -> see pick

1. choose的近义词

1. 挑选：直到有一天,他宣布(declare)将在全国挑选(choose)一个诚实的孩子,收他做自己的干儿子,将来由他继承王位. 他给全国的小孩每人都发了一颗花种,规定谁能培育出最美丽的花朵,谁就能成为自己的继承人.

2. 选：直到有一天,他宣布(declare)将在全国挑选(choose)一个诚实的孩子,收他做自己的干儿子,将来由他继承王位. 他给全国的小孩每人都发了一颗花种,规定谁能培育出最美丽的花朵,谁就能成为自己的继承人.