chose

英 [tʃəʊz]

美 [tʃoʊz]

v. 选择; 挑选; 选取; 宁愿; 情愿; 决定
choose的过去式

复数：choses　现在分词：chosing　第三人称单数：choses　

柯林斯词典

She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
她在鸭塘边找了条长椅坐下。
Though I am fond of desserts, especially fruit, I chose not to have any.
尽管我非常爱吃甜点心，尤其喜欢吃水果，但我决定还是不吃为好。
Johnson was free to divvy up his share of the money as he chose.
约翰逊可以自行分派他那份钱。
She chose him for her husband.
她选他为夫。
Unsure of the meaning of this remark, Ryle chose to remain silent
由于不确定这句话究竟是什么意思，赖尔选择了保持沉默。
They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it
他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
I could have. I chose not to.
我可以完成的。但我选择了放弃。
They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill
他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。
We chose this one as the most suitable for our purpose.
我们之所以选择这一个，因为它最适合于我们的目的。