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单词 the chosen people
释义

choose /chooz/

transitive verb (pat chose /chōz/; pap chosˈen)
  1. To take or pick out in preference to another thing
  2. To select
  3. To will or determine
  4. To think fit
intransitive verb

To make a choice (between, from, etc)

ORIGIN: OE cēosan, Du kiesen

choosˈer noun

choosˈy or choosˈey adjective (informal)

Difficult to please, fastidious

cannot choose but (archaic)

Can have no alternative but

choosers of the slain

The Valkyries

not much to choose between

Each about equally good or bad

pick and choose

To select with care or at leisure

the chosen few (often facetious)

A select or privileged group

the chosen people

A name given to the Israelites in the Bible (1 Chronicles 16,13)

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