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

We chose a few of the commonest lexical items in the languages.
我们选取了各语言中最常见的几个词汇。
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 a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
她在鸭塘边找了条长椅坐下。
Mary chose to give her hand to john.
玛丽决定和约翰结婚。
He chose teaching as his vocation.
他选择教书作为自己的职业。
She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose
她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。
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。
I could have. I chose not to.
我可以完成的。但我选择了放弃。
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。
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。