Choosing的意思|Choosing的解释-里氏词典

choosing

vbl. 选择,决定

Associating with good friends is no less important to us than choosing good books.
交益友与选择好书对我们同样重要。
But this never fails, if the bad husbands were of their own choosing, against their friends consent; for then they will be sure to make good their own folly.
如果这种婚姻出自一个女人的自愿选择，甚至是不顾亲友的劝告而选择的，那么就让她自己去品尝这枚果实的滋味吧。

Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose}
(Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen,
AS. ce['o]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen,
Icel. kj[=o]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?,
Skr. jush to enjoy. [root]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.]
1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference
from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose
the least of two evils.

Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope.

2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]

The landlady now returned to know if we did not
choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith.

{To choose sides}. See under {Side}.

Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow.

Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the
generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an
act of the will, especially in accordance with a
decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or
favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable
than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes
and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some
office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially
by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number
of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private
life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.

One of MOMA's "Ten Criteria" calls for a member to "assume responsibility for one's own life, though at times choosing to seek the help of others."
When it comes to my choosing roles, my agents are kind of anti-agents.
The appeals court said Clark, by choosing the latter option, in effect gave up more than 20 percent of his interest in N.L. Industries in return for the cash.
However, after tasting the dish in other countries, the French decided they had to set standards by choosing "official" ambassadors overseas.
"We are now facing the dilemma of choosing between one man's savior and another man's devil," said Jair Meneguelli, president of the Central Workers' Union, a labor umbrella group.
It is important to look at the level of cover as well as the price when choosing a policy. Wear and tear, design problems, mechanical failure and war damage are excluded by many policies.
Today's chairman Alan Greenspan is another economist who headed the CEA. Even so, the system of choosing Fed chairmen is far from foolproof.
Of course, you could sell your stock now, reaping the profit, but you would thus miss out on further price appreciation in the stock, while choosing the LEAPS instead would let you participate.
Hoss withdrew his objections to accepting French aid Wednesday night after President Francois Mitterrand of France asserted that his country was not choosing sides in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, a top official for the state's court system says race was not a factor in choosing a 70-year-old black judge to hear the Bensonhurst racial murder case.
But Brady has been much less of an activist in this area, generally choosing to play down concerns that the dollar's strength was threatening to abort improvements in the U.S. trade deficit.
Indeed, Evian has set up a special 800 number and established what it calls the Evian Hydration Center to educate Americans on the fine points of choosing a bottled water.
My own reason for choosing these architects was that they seemed to have a wonderful understanding of the simple elements that make up the architectural context of Jerusalem.
Government officials are not hesitating to talk with students of their own choosing, however.
And instead of choosing to subsidize some mothers, Mr. Bush could say he'd rather use public policy to help all mothers.
The process of choosing those delegates began yesterday night.
Baker, meanwhile, reiterated U.S. support for reunification but steered clear of picking and choosing among the approaches that have surfaced.
Since the New Zealand challenge is choosing to miss the regatta for tactical reasons, at least there is no risk of the Ivans being mistaken for the All-Blacks.
Seventy percent of Vermont teachers said they are deeply involved in choosing texts and other instructional materials.
By choosing the latter option, Clark, in effect, gave up more than 30 percent of his interest in N.L. Industries in return for the cash, the court said.
Blum noted that over the years, White House economic forecasts have been more optimistic than those coming from CBO, and said choosing between them is "a political judgment call" Congress must make.
The non-whites lived better, with better housing and hygienic standards, than blacks anywhere else in Africa, but with little freedom to develop along lines of their own choosing.
Portfolio managers are a big consideration in choosing most funds, of course.
He speculated that choosing Mr. Larsen, who is following Mr. Burke's path from the consumer products division, "might've been a function of his more fully" understanding all aspects of the business.
President Boris Yeltsin is choosing to swat a formidable fly. General Dudayev's declaration of independence at the head of a coalition of nationalist forces was followed by armed Russian intervention.
It's worth asking if companies pay the least bit of attention to the ratings when choosing where to expand their business.
By choosing to fight the allies initially and by refusing to clearly accept all U.N. resolutions ordering him out of Kuwait, Saddam is "giving us every opportunity to shake the foundations of his power," said one Bush administration official.
Our emphasis is on commitment." Barfield said her own commitment hasn't flagged, but she's had to begin picking and choosing her activities.
Voters decided New York City's most contentious mayoral election in more than a decade Tuesday, choosing between a Democrat who would be the first black to win City Hall and a Republican running as a reformer.
The committee's senior Republican, John Warner of Virginia, said Bush was entitled to a Cabinet of his own choosing.

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