| 释义 |
choose/tʃu:z/v. (past chose /tʃəʊz/; past part. chosen /ˈtʃəʊz(ə)n/) 1 tr. select out of a greater number (从众多数目中)挑选，选择 2 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 between, from) take or select one or another (从两者中)挑选 3 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to + infin.) decide, be determined 决定；决心 chose to stay behind 决定留下来 4 tr. (foll. by 后跟 complement) select as 推举，选举 was chosen king 被推举为国王 5 tr. Theol. (esp. as 尤作 chosen adj.) destine to be saved 【神】注定被拯救 God's chosen people 上帝拯救的子民 □ cannot choose but archaic must [古义]必须；不得不 □ nothing (or little) to choose between them they are equivalent 两者不相上下(或十分相似) □ chooser n.[Old English cēosan, from Germanic] |