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choose    音标拼音: [tʃ'uz]
vt. 选择,宁愿,欲
vi. 选择,喜欢

选择,宁愿,欲选择,喜欢

choose
v 1: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;
"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: {choose},
{take}, {select}, {pick out}]
2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the
fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted
for the job on the East coast" [synonym: {choose}, {prefer},
{opt}]
3: see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a
certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she
failed the exam"

Choose \Choose\, v. i.
1. To make a selection; to decide.
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They had only to choose between implicit obedience
and open rebellion. --Prescott.
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2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile?" --Pope.
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{Can not choose but}, must necessarily.
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Thou canst not choose but know who I am. --Shak.
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Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose}
(Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen,
AS. ce['o]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen,
Icel. kj[=o]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?,
Skr. jush to enjoy. [root]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.]
1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference
from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose
the least of two evils.
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Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope.
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2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]
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The landlady now returned to know if we did not
choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith.
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{To choose sides}. See under {Side}.

Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.

Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the
generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an
act of the will, especially in accordance with a
decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or
favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable
than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes
and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some
office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially
by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number
of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private
life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "choose":
adopt, aim at, be desirous of, choose to, choosy, co-opt, command,
covet, crave, cull, decide, decree, delicate, desiderate, desire,
determine, elect, embrace, espouse, fancy, fastidious, favor,
finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, have designs on, judge, like,
love, lust, lust after, make choice of, mark, nice, opt, opt for,
particular, pernickety, persnickety, pick, pick and choose,
pick out, please, prefer, resolve, see fit, select, settle on,
settle upon, single out, take, take to, think fit, think good,
think proper, want, will, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much,
would fain do

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