choice
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If there is a choice of things, there are several of them and you can choose the one you want. 选择
It's available in a choice of colours. 它有多种颜色可供选择。
At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu. 午饭时，可以选择自助餐或套餐。
2. N-COUNT Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things. 所挑选的人或物
Although he was only grumbling, his choice of words made Rodney angry. 尽管他只是在发牢骚，但他所用的字眼却让罗德尼很生气。
3. ADJ Choice means of very high quality. 优质的[正式] [ADJ n]
...a box of their choicest chocolates. …他们的一盒上等巧克力。
4. PHRASE If you have no choice but to do something or have little choice but to do it, you cannot avoid doing it. 无选择余地
They had little choice but to agree to what he suggested. 除了同意他的意见，他们别无选择。
5. PHRASE The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose. 自己挑选的
...tickets to see the football team of your choice. …观看你所中意的足球队的门票。
6. PHRASE The item of choice is the one that most people prefer. 受多数人欢迎的
The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide. 这种药就要成为全世界治疗哮喘的首选药物。
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choice /tʃɔɪs/ (choicer,choicest,choices)
剑桥词典
- There was a choice of four prizes , and the winner could select one of them.
- If it's a choice between higher pay and job security , I'd prefer to keep my job .
- People are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers .
- Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone .
- It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay .
- You get more choice if you eat from the main menu .
- There was a choice of four prizes , and the winner could select one of them.
- There's so much good theatre and cinema in London, really one is spoilt for choice.
- The store doesn't have much choice when it comes to bed linen .
- There is a wide choice of insurance policies .
- So what would be your top choice for a holiday .?
- Her can-do attitude is what made her our choice for the job .
- Wendy Clarke was our second choice for the job .
- I think she would be a suitable choice to be a trustee .
- He proved to be a very bad choice as husband .
choice noun (ACT)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]an act or the possibility of choosing
选择，挑选；抉择
If the product doesn't work , you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement . 如果产品不能使用，可选择退款或换货。
It's a difficult choice to make. 这很难抉择。
It's your choice/The choice is yours (= only you can decide ). 这由你决定。
It was a choice between pain now or pain later , so I chose pain later . 这是在现在痛苦还是以后痛苦之间作出选择，所以我选择以后痛苦。
Now you know all the facts , you can make an informed choice. 既然你已经了解了实际情况，你可以作出相应的选择了。
I'd prefer not to work but I don't have much choice (= this is not possible ). 我倒是想不去工作了，可是我没有选择余地。
He had no choice but to accept (= he had to accept ). 他别无选择只能接受。
Is she single by choice? 独身是她自己的选择吗？
Champagne is their drink of choice (= the one they most often drink ). 香槟是他们的首选饮品。
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choice noun (VARIETY)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the range of different things from which you can choose
可供选择的东西；选择范围
There wasn't much choice on the menu . 菜单上供选择的菜品不多。
The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes . 晚餐菜单上可供选择的菜品很多。
The dress is available in a choice of colours . 这裙子有好几种颜色可供挑选。
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choice noun (PERSON/THING)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen
入选者；被选中的东西；选项
Harvard was not his first choice. 哈佛并不是他的首选。
He wouldn't be my choice as a friend . 我不会选他作朋友。
This type of day care may in fact be the best choice for your child . 这种托儿所对于你的孩子来说也许是最佳的选择。
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