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| | to decide which you want from a number of people or things 选择；挑选；选中 | Do you feel that you chose the wrong career? 你觉得自己选错职业了吗？ | | +from There is a huge range of holidays to choose from. 有各种各样的度假方式可供选择。 | | +between She is forced to choose between her husband and her parents. 她被迫在丈夫和父母之间作出选择。 | | +which/where/whether etc How do you choose which car you are going to buy? 你怎么决定买哪部车的？ | | I like this job because I can choose when and where I do the work. 我喜欢这份工作，因为我可以自己选择工作的时间和地点。 | | choose sb/sth as sth Atlanta was chosen as the site for the 1996 Olympic Games. 亚特兰大被选定为1996年奥运会的赛场。 | | choose sb/sth for sth Surely he wasn’ t just chosen for his good looks? 他肯定不仅仅是因为长相好才被选中的吧？ | | choose sb/sth out of sb/sth The winner was chosen out of thousands who sent in photos. 获胜者是从几千个寄来照片的人中选出来的。 | | | a | to decide to do something 决定（做某事） | | choose to do sth More and more people are choosing to live alone. 越来越多人选择独居。 | | choose to ignore Hilary chose to ignore the doctor’ s warning. 希拉里决定不理会医生的警告。 | | if sb so chooses Why shouldn’ t they be allowed to come and live here if they so choose? 如果他们作出了这样的选择，为什么不让他们到这儿来住呢？ | | |
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| - | choose your words (carefully)
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| to think carefully about what you are saying |
| （仔细）斟酌话语 |
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| ‘I’ m sure the inspectors did the best job they could,’ he said, choosing his words carefully. “我敢肯定督察员们已经尽力了，”他仔细地斟酌着言辞说道。 |
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| - | there is nothing/little to choose between
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| used to say that there is very little or no difference between two people or things |
| 两者不相上下 |
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| There is little to choose between the different methods except for their cost. 这些方法除了费用不同外，几乎不相上下。 |
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| - | a woman’ s right to choose
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| used for saying that pregnant women should be legally allowed to decide whether to have the baby or have an abortion |
| 妇女的选择权利（指应该让怀孕的妇女自己决定是生小孩还是堕胎） |
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