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

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。
I chose a few books from the shelf yesterday morning.
昨天早上我从书架上选了几本书。
I never chose people just because of their looks.
我从不以貌取人。
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 Charlie for her husband.
她挑选查理作为她的丈夫。
She chose him for her husband.
她选他为夫。
They chose us among a large number of students.
他们从大量学生中挑选了我们。
In my case I chose that course which I considered right
至于我呢，就选择了我认为正确的那条路线。
I could have. I chose not to.
我可以完成的。但我选择了放弃。
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。