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单词 selective
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selective

The question is whether or not this email was a selective disclosure.Thus the use of selective sentencing to change criminal behaviour was but marginally effective.That means being less selective about who becomes a teacher.You are making local schools selective on income by the back door.His dedication to poetry was total and highly selective.He is just another politician with seemingly double standards and a selective memory.This is a selective use of statistics that ignores the tremendous improvement over the past decade.He accused men of his generation of selective amnesia about their pasts.But the forward is unlikely to be deceived by selective use of statistics.This is the important point about a fortnight in which the subject of selective education has come back with a whimper.One of the things that is difficult about a selective school like this is that only the very bright are worthy.In some places the demand for selective education is unbelievably high and it would remove some of the pressureon places.Your editorial memory is curiously selective.Suppliers are highly selective about whether they cut electricity or gas prices, and when.Employees were less selective about sharing positive gossip, presumably because it was seen as less sensitive.This will only work if maintained schools are given ring-fenced funds for senior staff to take a direct and active responsibility for selective university applications.It is not long before people, or selective parts of them, begin to appear.The weekend offers you an abundance of celebration and ambition, so don't be so selective of people as you have in the past.

In other languages
selective

British English: selective ADJECTIVE
A selective process applies only to a few things or people.
Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.
  • American English: selective
  • Brazilian Portuguese: seletivo
  • Chinese: 选择性的
  • European Spanish: selectivo
  • French: sélectif
  • German: selektiv
  • Italian: selettivo
  • Japanese: 精選された
  • Korean: 선택적인
  • European Portuguese: seletivo
  • Latin American Spanish: selectivo

All related terms of 'selective'

Chinese translation of 'selective'

selective

(sɪˈlɛktɪv)

adj

  1. (= discerning) 精挑细(細)选(選)的 (jīng tiāo xì xuǎn de)
  2. (= based on selection) [education, school, breeding etc] 选(選)择(擇)性的 (xuǎnzéxìng de)
(adjective) 
Definition
tending to choose carefully or characterized by careful choice
Sales can happen, but buyers are more selective.
Synonyms
particular
Ted was very particular about the colours he used.
demanding
discriminating
These products are snapped up by more discriminating customers.
critical
careful
One has to be extremely careful when dealing with these people.
exacting
cautious
discerning
tailor-made holidays to suit the more discerning traveller
astute
discriminatory
fussy
She's not fussy about her food.
tasteful
fastidious
He was fastidious about his appearance.
choosy (informal)
You can't afford to be too choosy about jobs these days.
picky (informal)
Everyone knows children are picky eaters.
pernickety
He's very pernickety about neatness.
Opposites
careless
,
indiscriminate
,
all-embracing
,
unselective

Additional synonyms

in the sense of careful
Definition
cautious in attitude or action
One has to be extremely careful when dealing with these people.
Synonyms
cautious,
painstaking,
scrupulous,
fastidious,
circumspect,
punctilious (formal),
chary,
heedful,
thoughtful,
discreet
in the sense of choosy
Definition
fussy
You can't afford to be too choosy about jobs these days.
Synonyms
fussy,
particular,
exacting,
discriminating,
selective,
fastidious,
picky (informal),
finicky,
faddy,
nit-picky (informal)
in the sense of discerning
Definition
having or showing good judgment
tailor-made holidays to suit the more discerning traveller
Synonyms
discriminating,
knowing,
sharp,
critical,
acute,
sensitive,
wise,
intelligent,
subtle,
piercing,
penetrating,
shrewd,
ingenious,
astute,
perceptive,
judicious,
clear-sighted,
percipient,
perspicacious (formal),
sagacious (formal)

Synonyms of 'selective'

selective

Explore 'selective' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of discriminating
These products are snapped up by more discriminating customers.
Synonyms
discerning,
particular,
keen,
critical,
acute,
sensitive,
refined,
cultivated,
selective,
astute,
tasteful,
fastidious
in the sense of discriminatory
Synonyms
discerning,
discriminating,
analytical,
differentiating,
astute,
perceptive,
perspicacious (formal)
in the sense of fastidious
Definition
paying great attention to neatness, detail, and order
He was fastidious about his appearance.
Synonyms
particular,
meticulous,
fussy,
overdelicate,
difficult,
nice,
critical,
discriminating,
dainty,
squeamish,
choosy (informal),
picky (informal),
hard to please,
finicky,
punctilious (formal),
pernickety,
hypercritical,
overnice,
nit-picky (informal)
in the sense of fussy
Definition
very particular about detail
She's not fussy about her food.
Synonyms
particular,
difficult,
exacting,
discriminating,
fastidious,
dainty,
squeamish,
choosy (informal),
picky (informal),
nit-picking (informal),
hard to please,
finicky,
pernickety,
faddish,
faddy,
anal retentive,
old-maidish,
old womanish,
overparticular,
nit-picky (informal)
in the sense of pernickety
Definition
excessively fussy about details
He's very pernickety about neatness.
Synonyms
fussy,
particular,
careful,
exacting,
carping,
painstaking,
fastidious,
picky (informal),
nit-picking (informal),
finicky,
punctilious (formal),
anal retentive,
difficult to please,
hairsplitting,
overprecise,
nit-picky (informal)
in the sense of picky
Definition
fussy
Everyone knows children are picky eaters.
Synonyms
fussy,
particular,
critical,
carping,
fastidious,
dainty,
choosy (informal),
finicky,
cavilling,
pernickety (informal),
fault-finding,
captious,
nit-picky (informal)
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