choose/tʃuːz/

decide what you want from several things or people

➭ pt. chose/tʃəʊz $ tʃoʊz/

➭ pp. chosen/'tʃəʊzən $ tʃoʊ-/

v. [I; T] 选择：[choose between sth¹ and sth²] He had to choose between this school and that one. 他不得不在这个学校和那个之间选一个。

◇[choose (sth¹) from sth²] The teacher choose a winner from the top 5. 老师从前5名中选出了胜者。

◇[choose to do sth] I choose to live in Suzhou. 我选择/决定住在苏州。

◇[choose sb/sth as sth = choose sb/sth to be sth] We chose Bill as chairman. = We chose Bill to be chairman. 我们选比尔为主席。

◇[choose wh-] You have to choose whether to go or not. 你不得不选择去还是不去。

音组-oose/-uːz/

choose; goose

常犯错误

✗ You have 15 dishes to choose.

✓ You have 15 dishes to choose from. 你有15种菜可选。

[✌choose的宾语应是“被选出的东西”，而“所有备选对象”应该用from引出]

用法choose between ...用于从两中选择一个；choose from ...用于从三个以上中选择一个。

辨析choose; elect; pick; select