chose

英 [tʃəʊz]

美 [tʃoʊz]

v. 选择; 挑选; 选取; 宁愿; 情愿; 决定
choose的过去式

复数：choses　现在分词：chosing　第三人称单数：choses　

柯林斯词典

Two of the members chose to take issue with the chairman on the question of voting rights.
两位委员决定和主席争论选举权的问题。
In doing translation work, he chose every word with great care.
他做翻译，一字一句都不敢苟且。
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
We chose to do cross-country running.
我们选择了越野赛跑。
We chose this one as the most suitable for our purpose.
我们之所以选择这一个，因为它最适合于我们的目的。
I never chose people just because of their looks.
我从不以貌取人。
They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill
他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。
She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
她在鸭塘边找了条长椅坐下。
Nancy chose the product because it is better for the environment.
南希选择这种产品是因为它更环保。
They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it
他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。