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choosing 音标拼音: [tʃ'uzɪŋ] 选择 选择 Choose \ Choose\, v. t. [ imp. { Chose}; p. p. { Chosen}, { Chose} ( Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. { Choosing}.] [ OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[' o] san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[= o] sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?, Skr. jush to enjoy. [ root] 46. Cf. { Choice}, 2d { Gust}.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. [ 1913 Webster] Choose me for a humble friend. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster] { To choose sides}. See under { Side}. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To { Choose}, { Prefer}, { Elect}. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one' s tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " choosing": adoptive, alternativity, appointive, choice, choosy, co- optation, co- option, constituent, decision, discriminating, eclectic, election, elective, electoral, first choice, free choice, free will, particular, pick, preference, preoption, selecting, selection, selective, the pick, volition, will
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