| 单词 | selection |
| 释义 | selection (once / 227 pages) n Selection is all about choosing. Think about a salad bar: you can make a selection from among several choices, with croutons always being a popular selection. Inside selection is the word select, "to choose." Selection means the act of choosing, the thing chosen, or the offerings to be chosen from among. Selection can also mean a passage excerpted (or selected) from a longer text. Church services often involve reading a day's selection from the Bible. WORD FAMILYselection: selections+/select: selected, selectest, selecting, selection, selective, selectly, selector, selects/selected: unselected/selective: selectively, selectivity, unselective/selector: selectors/unselective: unselectively USAGE EXAMPLESDonald, a Pro Bowl selection in each of his first three seasons, finished with eight sacks. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) District Court in Boston, with jury selection expected to get underway Friday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the Fiesta Bowl, he tore knee ligaments and dropped to a second-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the act of choosing or selecting Syn|Hypo|Hyper choice, option, pick casting the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie coloration, colourationchoice and use of colors (as by an artist) sampling(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study conclusion, decision, determinationthe act of making up your mind about something volition, willingthe act of making a choice electionthe act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice ballot, balloting, vote, votinga choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative random samplingthe selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected proportional sampling, representative sampling, stratified samplingthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum intentionan act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out appointment, assignment, designation, namingthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position call(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee movethe act of deciding to do something casting lots, drawing lots, sortitionmaking a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn resolutiona decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner co-optation, co-optionthe selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership) block votea vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents cumulative votean election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner secret ballota vote in which each person's choice is secret but the totaled votes are public split ticketa ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party straight ticketa ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party multiple votingthe act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) casting votethe deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie vetoa vote that blocks a decision write-ina vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot action something done (usually as opposed to something said) 2n the person or thing chosen or selected Syn|Hypo|Hyper choice, pick pleasure a formal expression favorite, favouritesomething regarded with special favor or liking waydoing as one pleases or chooses deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision 3n an assortment of things from which a choice can be made the store carried a large selection of shoes Hyper assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety a collection containing a variety of sorts of things 4n a passage selected from a larger work Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper excerpt, excerption, extract Haphtarah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah chrestomathy a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language analecta, analectsa collection of excerpts from a literary work clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cuttingan excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine cut, tracka distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc citation, quotation, quotea passage or expression that is quoted or cited epigrapha quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing mimesisthe representation of another person's words in a speech misquotation, misquotean incorrect quotation passage a section of text; particularly a section of medium length 5n a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment Syn|Hyper natural selection, survival, survival of the fittest action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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