新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

selection

英  [sɪˈlekʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • selections

    1[U 不可数名词] 挑选 , 选择

    Selection is the act of selecting one or more people or things from a group.

    近义词

    choice

    双语例句

    例:

    Darwin's principles of natural selection.

    达尔文的物竞天择理论。

    例:

    Dr Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction.

    人们对沙利文博士当选为卫生部部长表示满意。

    2[C 可数名词] 挑选出的一群

    A selection of people or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group.

    近义词

    sample

    双语例句

    例:

    this selection of popular songs.

    这张流行歌曲选集。

    例:

    a random selection of 1,300 Canadian exporters.

    随机选取的1300家加拿大出口商。

    例:

    selections from Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

    狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》的选段。

    3[C 可数名词] (商店内)可供选择的商品范围

    The selection of goods in a shop is the particular range of goods that it has available and from which you can choose what you want.

    近义词

    range

    双语例句

    例:

    It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one-day market.

    为期一天的集市上出售应有尽有的各式古董。

    4[C 可数名词] (计算机屏幕上)选定的板块

    In computing, a selection is an area of the screen that you have highlighted, for example because you want to copy it to another file.