| 单词 | plump for something/somebody |
| 释义 | plump for something/somebodyplump for something/somebody phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal CHOOSEto choose something or someone after thinking carefully about it 〔经过仔细考虑后〕选择，选定 Finally we plumped for a bottle of champagne. 最后我们选了一瓶香槟酒。 Examples from the Corpus plump for • Do you plump for a bottle with an attractive label or simply stick to a wine that is familiar?• Ideally, you should also plump for a company that offers a free technical support hotline.• We could just plump for Aristotle's report, as the earliest and therefore most reliable.• With more and more options to choose from, customers and software developers are increasingly reluctant to plump for just one.• But asked to name some influences, they plump for Nick Drake and Neil Young.• People who like spicy food for example, also plump for strong, penetrating essences such as patchouli and ginger.• He'd have liked to plump for the Algarve but, he said wistfully, you do go over the £1,000.• Whichever choice you plump for, there are a number of things to consider when routing cables. → plump for something/somebody at plump2(2) |
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