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. 選擇
It's available in a choice of colours. 它有多種顔色可供選擇。
At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu. 午飯時，可以選擇自助餐或套餐。
2. N-COUNT Your choice is someone or something that you choose from a range of things. 所挑選的人或物
Although he was only grumbling, his choice of words made Rodney angry. 盡琯他衹是在發牢騷，但他所用的字眼卻讓羅德尼很生氣。
3. ADJ Choice means of very high quality. 優質的[正式] [ADJ n]
...a box of their choicest chocolates. …他們的一盒上等巧尅力。
4. PHRASE If you have no choice but to do something or have little choice but to do it, you cannot avoid doing it. 無選擇餘地
They had little choice but to agree to what he suggested. 除了同意他的意見，他們別無選擇。
5. PHRASE The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose. 自己挑選的
...tickets to see the football team of your choice. …觀看你所中意的足球隊的門票。
6. PHRASE The item of choice is the one that most people prefer. 受多數人歡迎的
The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide. 這種葯就要成爲全世界治療哮喘的首選葯物。
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choice /tʃɔɪs/ (choicer,choicest,choices)
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- 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)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an act or the possibility of choosing
選擇，挑選；抉擇
If the product doesn't work , you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement . 如果産品不能使用，可選擇退款或換貨。
It's a difficult choice to make. 這很難抉擇。
It's your choice/The choice is yours (= only you can decide ). 這由你決定。
It was a choice between pain now or pain later , so I chose pain later . 這是在現在痛苦還是以後痛苦之間作出選擇，所以我選擇以後痛苦。
Now you know all the facts , you can make an informed choice. 既然你已經了解了實際情況，你可以作出相應的選擇了。
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，可是我沒有選擇餘地。
He had no choice but to accept (= he had to accept ). 他別無選擇衹能接受。
Is she single by choice? 獨身是她自己的選擇嗎？
Champagne is their drink of choice (= the one they most often drink ). 香檳是他們的首選飲品。
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choice noun (VARIETY)
[ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the range of different things from which you can choose
可供選擇的東西；選擇範圍
There wasn't much choice on the menu . 菜單上供選擇的菜品不多。
The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes . 晚餐菜單上可供選擇的菜品很多。
The dress is available in a choice of colours . 這裙子有好幾種顔色可供挑選。
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choice noun (PERSON/THING)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen
入選者；被選中的東西；選項
Harvard was not his first choice. 哈彿竝不是他的首選。
He wouldn't be my choice as a friend . 我不會選他作朋友。
This type of day care may in fact be the best choice for your child . 這種托兒所對於你的孩子來說也許是最佳的選擇。
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