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

Directors are right to cut their losses, admit they chose the wrong man and make a change.
董事们当断则断，承认自己选错了人，并且作了人员变更，这样做是正确的。
She chose him for her husband.
她选他为夫。
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。
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。
But I recognised your capability, I chose you.
但我认同你的能力，我选择了你。
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。
In doing translation work, he chose every word with great care.
他做翻译，一字一句都不敢苟且。
He chose teaching as his vocation.
他选择教书作为自己的职业。
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 to do cross-country running.
我们选择了越野赛跑。