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

He chose teaching as his vocation.
他选择教书作为自己的职业。
Though I am fond of desserts, especially fruit, I chose not to have any.
尽管我非常爱吃甜点心，尤其喜欢吃水果，但我决定还是不吃为好。
I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
我选择出国工作以求在事业上有更好的发展。
I never chose people just because of their looks.
我从不以貌取人。
Directors are right to cut their losses, admit they chose the wrong man and make a change.
董事们当断则断，承认自己选错了人，并且作了人员变更，这样做是正确的。
We chose a few of the commonest lexical items in the languages.
我们选取了各语言中最常见的几个词汇。
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。
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 chose an auspicious day to start the business.
他们拣了个好日子开张。
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。