choice
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/tʃɔɪs/
/tʃɔɪs/
Idioms - [countable] an act of choosing between two or more possibilities; something that you can choose
选择；挑选；抉择 - We are faced with a difficult choice.
我们面临着困难的抉择。 - choice between A and B women forced to make a choice between family and career
被迫在家庭和事业之间作出抉择的妇女 - We aim to help students make more informed career choices.
我们旨在帮助学生作出更有依据的职业抉择。 - I am sure you have made the right choice.
我确信你做了一个正确的选择。 - Resources are finite, and choices have to be made between competing priorities and needs.
资源是有限的，必须在相互竞争的优先事项和需求之间做出选择。 - There is a wide range of choices open to you.
你有很多选择。
Synonyms optionoptionchoice ▪ alternative ▪ possibilityThese are all words for something that you choose to do in a particular situation.option something that you can choose to have or do; the freedom to choose what you do:- As I see it, we have two options…
据我看，我们有两种选择… - Students have the option of studying abroad in their second year.
学生在二年级时可以选择出国学习。
- If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow.
如果让我选择，我明天就停止工作。 - There is a wide range of choices open to you.
你有很多选择。
- You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly: those are the two alternatives.
你的工资可以按周以现金支取，或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。
- We need to explore a wide range of possibilities.
我们需要探究各种可能的情况。 - The possibilities are endless.
有无数种可能的做法。
- with/without the option/choice/possibility of something
- a(n) good/acceptable/reasonable/possible option/choice/alternative
- the only option/choice/alternative/possibility open to somebody
- to have a/an/the option/choice of doing something
- to have no option/choice/alternative but to do something
- a number/range of options/choices/alternatives/possibilities
Express Yourself Giving reasons, justifying a choiceGiving reasons, justifying a choiceIn various exams, you are asked to make a choice and give reasons for it. In conversation or in a meeting, you need to explain and justify your decisions:- There are two main reasons why I think it’s the best option: first, there's the cost and second, the quality.
我认为这是最好的选择，主要原因有两个：第一是成本，第二是质量。
- There are two main reasons why I think it’s the best option: first, there's the cost and second, the quality.
- I think/believe it's the right thing to do because it gives everyone a fair chance.
我认为这么做是正确的，因为这给予每个人公平的机会。
- I think/believe it's the right thing to do because it gives everyone a fair chance.
- I would choose the newer one on the grounds that it will last longer.
我会选择较新的那个，因为它更加耐用。
- I would choose the newer one on the grounds that it will last longer.
- Of the three houses, the largest one seems to me to be the best, because they need the room.
这三栋房子中，最大的那栋在我看来是最好的，因为他们需要这么大的空间。
- Of the three houses, the largest one seems to me to be the best, because they need the room.
- My choice would be number 3, simply because it's the clearest design.
我的选择是 3 号，原因就在于它的设计最清晰。
- My choice would be number 3, simply because it's the clearest design.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsa2- Doctors have to make moral choices every day of their lives.
医生的人生中每天都要作出道德上的抉择。 - These are personal choices that people must make for themselves.
这些是个人的选择，人们必须自己作决定。 - I now had a clear choice: either I accept their terms or I leave.
我现在的选择很明确：要么接受他们的条件，要么离开。 - In the end, the choice was quite easy.
到最后，选择十分容易。 - She faced the stark choice of backing the new plan or losing her job.
她面临要么支持新计划、要么丢掉工作的残酷抉择。 - When did you make a conscious choice to become an artist?
你是什么时候有意识地选择要成为一名艺术家的？ - Your needs should dictate your choice.
你应该根据自己的需要作出选择。 - a careful choice of words
谨慎的措辞 - a limited range of choices available to buyers
购买者有限的选择范围 - a range of available choices
一系列可能的选择 - to make choices about their future
对他们的未来作出抉择 - Leaders must make good decisions and tough choices.
领导者必须做出正确的决定和艰难的选择。 - He wondered whether he had made the right choice.
他想知道自己的选择是否正确。 - Nutrition factors are driving consumer choices.
营养因素正在推动消费者的选择。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- careful
- good
- informed
- …
- make
- be faced with
- face
- …
- by choice
- from choice
- out of choice
- …
- We are faced with a difficult choice.
- [uncountable, singular] the right to choose; the possibility of choosing
选择权；选择的可能性 - If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow.
如果让我选择，我明天就停止工作。 - He had no choice but to leave (= this was the only thing he could do).
除了离去，他别无选择。 - She's going to do it. She doesn't have much choice, really, does she?
她就要做那件事了。她真的没有多少选择的余地了，不是吗？ - This government is committed to extending parental choice in education.
本届政府承诺扩大父母在教育方面的选择权。 - After a delicious meal with free wine, the choice is yours: a quiet drink in the bar, the late night disco or a stroll along the beach beneath a starry sky.
享用完美味佳肴和免费葡萄酒后，您可以选择：在酒吧安静地喝一杯、深夜迪斯科或在星空下沿着海滩漫步。 - Sandy had to tell his tale in halting Italian. Since Franco spoke no English, he had no choice in the matter.
桑迪不得不用结结巴巴的意大利语讲述他的故事。由于佛朗哥不会说英语，因此他在这件事上别无选择。
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsa2- He had no choice about that.
关于那件事儿，他没有选择的余地。 - I had no choice but to cancel my holiday.
我只能取消假期，别无选择。 - The way he behaved meant that we had no choice in the matter.
他的行为让我们在这个问题上没有选择的余地。 - We gave her the choice, and she decided she'd like a bike for her birthday.
我们让她选择，她决定要辆自行车作生日礼物。 - Everyone in a democracy has the right to exercise choice.
在民主政体中，每个人都可行使选择权。 - Your decision leaves me with no choice but to resign.
你的决定让我没有选择的余地，只有辞职。 - You can have first choice of all the rooms.
所有房间由你优先挑选。 - to extend parental choice as to which schools children should attend
扩大父母在孩子应上哪所学校的问题上的选择权 - People still have a choice about where to live.
人们仍然可以选择居住地点。 - I believe in freedom of choice.
我相信选择的自由。 - They were left with no choice but to trust her.
他们别无选择，只能相信她。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- free
- first
- …
- have
- exercise
- give somebody
- …
- choice about
- choice as to
- choice between
- …
- freedom of choice
- have little choice but to do something
- have no choice but to do something
- …
- If I had the choice, I would stop working tomorrow.
- [countable] a person or thing that is chosen
选中的人（或物） - This colour wasn't my first choice.
这种颜色并非我的首选。 - choice for something She's the obvious choice for the job.
她是这个职位当然的人选。 - Hawaii remains a popular choice for winter vacation travel.
夏威夷一直是深受人们青睐的冬季假日旅游胜地。 - choice as something She wouldn't be my choice as manager.
我不会选她做经理。 - choice of something I don’t like his choice of friends (= the people he chooses as his friends).
我不喜欢他选择的朋友。
Synonyms choicechoicefavourite ▪ preference ▪ selection ▪ pickThese are all words for a person or thing that is chosen, or that is liked more than others.choice a person or thing that is chosen:- She’s the obvious choice for the job.
她是这个职位当然的人选。
- Which one’s your favourite?
你最喜欢哪一个？
- Tastes and preferences vary from individual to individual.
人的爱好和选择各不相同。
- A selection of reader’s comments are published below.
下面选登了部分读者评论。
- She was his pick for best actress.
她是他选中的最佳女演员。
- somebody’s choice/favourite/pick for something
- somebody’s choice/selection/pick as something
- an obvious choice/favourite/selection
- a(n) excellent/good/popular/fine choice/selection
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsa2- I think she's a very good choice for captain.
我认为她是非常合适的队长人选。 - It was a happy choice of venue
地点选得令人满意。 - Maria defended her choice of name for the child.
玛丽亚为自己给孩子选择的名字辩解。 - Mary is a popular choice as chair of the committee.
玛丽是担任委员会主席的热门人选。 - Much ill health is the result of poor diet and lifestyle choices.
不健康很大程度上是因为饮食不周和生活方式选择不当造成的。 - Our first choice for a holiday is the north of Scotland.
我们度假的首选是苏格兰北部。 - Our first choice for a site was already taken.
我们的首选地点已被人选走了。 - People were asked about their top choices for meeting locations.
人们被问到他们会首选哪些地方作为会议地点。 - She questioned the choice of Murphy for this role.
她对选择墨菲担任这一角色提出质疑。 - She was starting to regret her choice.
她开始后悔自己的选择了。 - The hotel is the preferred choice for business people.
这家酒店是商务人士的首选。 - Bill is the obvious choice for captain of the team.
比尔是队长的不二人选。 - I don't think much of her choice of outfit.
我觉得她选的服装不怎么样。 - The restaurant is a good choice for a night out.
餐厅是晚上外出的好选择。 - He seems an odd choice for this sort of work.
对于这种工作来说，他似乎是一个奇怪的选择。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- happy
- …
- regret
- defend
- justify
- …
- choice as
- choice for
- choice of
- …
- This colour wasn't my first choice.
- [singular, uncountable] the number or range of different things from which to choose
供选择的品种；可选的范围 - The menu has a good choice of desserts.
菜单上有多种甜食可供选择。 - There wasn't much choice of colour.
可供选择的颜色不多。 - I can't decide. There's too much choice.
我无法决定。选择太多了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsa2- The shop has a very limited choice of ties.
这家商店可供选择的领带非常有限。 - Students have a free choice from a range of subjects.
学生可在一系列科目中自由选择。 - Smoking may limit your choice of contraception.
吸烟可能会限制你避孕方式的选择余地。 - She has a choice between three different universities.
她可以在 3 所大学之间选择。 - We offer a choice of ten different destinations.
我们提供 10 个不同的目的地供选择。 - The curtains come in a choice of twelve different colours.
窗帘有十二种不同颜色可供选择。 - Do supermarkets offer consumers too much choice?
超市是否为消费者提供了太多选择？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- wide
- limited
- …
- have
- offer
- limit
- …
- be available (to somebody)
- be open to somebody
- choice of
- be spoilt for choice
- The menu has a good choice of desserts.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chois, from choisir ‘choose’, of Germanic origin and related to choose.
Idioms
be spoilt for choice
- (British English) to have such a lot of things to choose from that it is very difficult to make a decision
（东西多得）挑花眼
by choice
- because you have chosen
出于自己的选择 - I wouldn't go there by choice.
让我选择，我不会去那里。 - I wouldn't have come to this bar by choice!
如果可以选择的话，我是不会到这酒吧来的！
- I wouldn't go there by choice.
of choice (for somebody/something)
- (used after a noun) that is chosen by a particular group of people or for a particular purpose
精选的；特选的 - It's the software of choice for business use.
这是商务专用软件。
- It's the software of choice for business use.
of your choice
- that you choose yourself
自己选择（或选定）的 - First prize will be a meal for two at the restaurant of your choice.
头等奖是一顿双人餐，餐馆任选。
- First prize will be a meal for two at the restaurant of your choice.
you pays your money and you takes your choice
- (informal, especially British English) used for saying that there is very little difference between two or more things that you can choose
如何选择由你做主（表示各种选择的分别不大）