| 单词 | choice |
| 释义 | choicechoiceschoicechoice1 /tʃɔɪs/ noun1[uncountable and countable] if you have a choice, you can choose between several things ➔ choosechoice betweenVoters have a choice between three political parties.voterparty选民可在三个政党之间作出选择。choice ofYou have a choice of hotel or self-catering accommodation.cater你可以选择住酒店或找自理膳食的住宿处。He has to make some important choices.havechoice他必须作出一些重要的抉择。2[singular] the range of people or things that you can choose fromchoice ofThere is a choice of four colours.becolour有四种颜色可供选择。We offer a wide choice of wines and beers.winebeer我们有各种各样的葡萄酒和啤酒。Consumers these days are spoilt for choice (=have a lot of things to choose from).consumerdaybespoil如今的消费者可以选择的东西五花八门。3[countable usually singular] the person or thing that someone has chosenchoice ofI don’t like her choice of shoes.shoe我不喜欢她挑中的鞋。London was a good choice to go to.be去伦敦是个不错的选择。The law was my first choice as a career (=the career I wanted to do most).be从事法律工作是我的首选。 ➔ multiple choicePhrasesby choice if you do something by choice, you do it because you want to: She lives alone by choice.live她是自愿独自生活的。freedom of choice the freedom to choose what you want: Patients should have more freedom of choice.patientshall病人应该有更多的选择自由。have no choice but to do something used when you have to do something because there is nothing else that you can do: We had no choice but to wait.have我们除了等待别无选择。something of your choice the one that you would most like to choose: Many children are not able to go to the school of their choice.childbe许多孩子无法上自己想去的学校。COLLOCATIONS: choiceverbsto have a choiceWe had a choice between soup and salad.haveto make a choice (=to choose something)She now has to make a choice of university.haveto give somebody a choiceShe gave me a choice: give up smoking or move out.givesmoketo be faced with a choice (=to have to make a choice)The government is faced with a difficult choice.befaceadjectivesthe right/wrong choiceHere’s some information to help you make the right choice.a difficult/hard choiceIt was a hard choice, but in the end I decided to stay.bedecide |
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