choice
noun uk/tʃɔɪs/ us/tʃɔɪs/
(ACT)
B1 [ C or U ]选择，挑选;抉择
an act or the possibility of choosing
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。
- More examples
- 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.
(VARIETY)
B1 [ S or U ]可供选择的东西;选择范围
the range of different things from which you can choose
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。
- More examples
- 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.
- UK 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.
(PERSON/THING)
B1 [ C ]入选者;被选中的东西;选项
a person or thing that has been chosen or that can be chosen
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。
- More examples
- 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.
Idiom
of choiceidiom 首选
Your thing or person of choice is the one that you usually choose in a particular situation.
Botox is now the drug of choice in Hollywood. 肉毒注射目前是好莱坞的首选药物。
choice
adjective uk/tʃɔɪs/ us/tʃɔɪs/
精选的;优质的;上等的
of high quality
I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish. 我点了菜单上最贵的菜——精选鱼柳。