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

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。
He chose teaching as his vocation.
他选择教书作为自己的职业。
In doing translation work, he chose every word with great care.
他做翻译，一字一句都不敢苟且。
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。
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。
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。
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。
She chose Charlie for her husband.
她挑选查理作为她的丈夫。
She chose him for her husband.
她选他为夫。
I chose a few books from the shelf yesterday morning.
昨天早上我从书架上选了几本书。