1 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] 选择性的;有选择的;选取少量的 A selective process applies only to a few things or people. 选择性的;有选择的;选取少量的
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Within the project, trees are selectively cut on a 25-year rotation.
按照这个计划，将以 25 年为一个轮伐期对树木进行有选择的砍伐。
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The soldiers specialized in going out in small groups, to kill with a very high degree of selectivity.
这些士兵擅长小股出动，执行具有高度选择性的歼敌任务。
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 仔细挑选的;严格筛选的 When someone is selective, they choose things carefully, for example the things that they buy or do. 仔细挑选的;严格筛选的
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Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective.
销量仍在，但购买者更加挑剔。
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If public figures seek publicity to further their careers, they can't be selective about it.
如果公众人物想通过吸引公众的关注来推进事业，他们可能会不加选择。
SYN particular, demanding, discriminating, critical
3 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (记忆)选择性的，只记一部分的 If you say that someone has a selective memory, you disapprove of the fact that they remember certain facts about something and deliberately forget others, often because it is convenient for them to do so. (记忆)选择性的，只记一部分的 [disapproval]
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We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past.
我们似乎只记得过去最美好的时光。
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Mr Robins, suffering from selective amnesia about his role in the affair, was contradicted in nearly every instance by other witnesses.
对于自己在该事件中所扮演的角色，罗宾斯先生患上了选择性失忆症，因此几乎在每次庭审中都会受到其他证人的反驳。
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