| 单词 | to make choice of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make choice of b. to make choice of: to choose, select. to make a choice: to perform the act of choosing. to take one's choice: perhaps originally, to take after selection; but now usually, to choose what one will take or have. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)] choosec1175 walec1400 willc1405 to be one's own carver1578 to take one's choice1588 optate1611 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] choosec893 achooseeOE i-cheoseOE curea1225 choise1505 to make choice of1588 pitch1628 to fix on or upon1653 trysta1694 pick1824 to prick for1828 plump1848 to come down1886 plunk1935 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 214 This law requireth that he..do therwithall make choise. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xv. 7. 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 32 The Colonel made choice of a thick leafed Oak. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 101 Take to thee from among the Cherubim Thy choice of flaming Warriours. View more context for this quotation 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 12 As if Heaven had not already made the best Choice for us. 1884 M. E. Braddon Ishmael xxxvi The dancers could take their choice in the motley crowd of dames and damsels, all masked. 1887 J. Rae in Good Words 237 He made the choice then without a back-thought. < as lemmas |
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