choice

柯林斯詞典

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(shí)，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(fā)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(yōu)質(zhì)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(wú)選擇餘地
They had little choice but to agree to what he suggested. 除了同意他的意見(jiàn)，他們別無(wú)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(duì)的門(mén)票。
6. PHRASE The item of choice is the one that most people prefer. 受多數(shù)人歡迎的
The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide. 這種葯就要成爲(wèi)全世界治療哮喘的首選葯物。

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 .