1 N-COUNT 选择范围;选择余地 If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want. 选择范围;选择余地
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It's available in a choice of colours. [+ of]
有多种颜色可供选择。
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At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu. [+ between]
午餐可以吃自助餐,也可以选套餐。
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Club Sportif offer a wide choice of holidays. [+ of]
斯波蒂夫俱乐部提供多种度假选择。
SYN range, variety, selection, assortment
2 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] 选定的人(或物) Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things. 选定的人(或物)
SYN selection, preference, election, pick
3 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] 优选的;高品质的 Choice means of very high quality. 优选的;高品质的 [formal]
SYN best, bad [slang] , special, prime
4 PHRASE 不得不;只好 If you have no choice but to do something or have little choice but to do it, you cannot avoid doing it. 不得不;只好
5 PHRASE …选中的;…看中的 The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose. …选中的;…看中的
6 PHRASE 首选的;广受欢迎的 The item of choice is the one that most people prefer. 首选的;广受欢迎的
Quotations
You pays your money and you takes your choice Punch
We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies A.J.Toynbee Some Great 'Ifs' of History
We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred Joseph Roux Meditations of a Parish Priest
As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth so is he Ralph Waldo Emerson Spiritual Laws
Word Partnership | Use choice with: |
ADJ. | best/good choice, wide choice 1 |
N. | freedom of choice, choice of something 1 |
VERB. | given a choice, have a choice, make a choice 1 2 |
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