费用跨期的调整分录:英语词汇（157）choose、select、pick、opt、elect；single out、sort out

英语词汇（157）              表示“选择”动词

                                         choose、select、pick、opt、elect

                                 single out  sort out

                                                佳中

choose   “选择”，普通用词。指根据自己的主观喜好和判断进行选择，不一定精选。choose后

           接动词不定式，常表示“宁愿做某事”。

1) He was chosen because he had much experience in dealing with such a problem.

   (他被选中是因为他在处理这样的问题上有丰富的经验。)

2) In choosing your play, I recommend that you select one written in the past few years.

          （在选择你要的剧本时,我建议你挑一个在几年前写的剧本。）

3) He chose to remain an onlooker during most of his family’s protracted quarrels.

           （在家庭长期的争吵中,大多情况下他宁愿（选择）保持一个旁观者的身份。）

    4）You can make it very difficult for me speak to you if you choose to misunderstand me.

      (如果你偏要误解我，让我很难跟你交谈。)

select  “选择”、“挑选”， 一般指经过认真考虑之后从多人或物中选出最满意的。与 choose

                  比较有较强淘汰意味。

1) He selected an appropriate birthday card for his mother.

  （他挑选了一张合适妈妈的生日贺卡片给她。）

2) Students are selected for admission to the college on the basis of an entrance test.

         （大学招生是根据入学考试选择学生入学的。）

       3) Many of the successful men, had they been able to choose for themselves, would have selected other different professions.

          （很多成功人人士如果他们能自己选择的话,他们也许会选择其他不同的职业。）

pick   “选择”，口语用词，常含随意挑选之意。有时可以用 pick out 。

  1) You can pick anyone who you think is qualified for the job.

         （这项工作你可以选择任何一个你认为能胜任的干。）

  2）You are the first one to arrive and now you can pick the room you like best.

          （你是第一个到,现在你可以挑你最喜欢的房间。）

   3) Among them you can pick out one you like the best.

          （在他们之中你可以选择你最喜欢的一个。）

opt    “选择”，常接介词for，多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

  1）Owing to his failing health, he opted for an early retirement.

         （由于他的健康状况日益恶化,他选择了早退休。

     2) Advertisers can choose not to use real, live fallible humans to endorse their products, but opt for

         “spokescharacters” instead.

         （广告商宁愿不用易犯错真真实人来促销他们的产品,而选用代言物。）

elect     指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。

     1) Only someone born in the United States can be elected as president.

          (只有在美国出生的人才可以被选为总统。)

     2) No voter may be railroaded into giving his vote for any particular person; he must be free to chosse which one he want to elect.

                 (任何选民都不可被胁迫选举某一特定候选人；他必须自由地选择他想选举的人。)

single out     指精心或特意将某人或某物挑选出来。

    1) He was singled out for special training. 

          (他被挑选出来进行特殊训练。

   2) They all did wrong. Why single out him for punishment?

     （他们都做错了，为什么单挑他惩罚?）

sort out    用法与single out相似，指将有用的东西挑选或整理出来。

     1) Sort out things you want to keep and throw everything else away.

         （把你想要东西挑出来保存，把其余的全扔掉。）

     2）You should sort out these files so that you can use them convenienty.

          (你应把这些文件整理好,你使用起来就方便多了。)