1. 選拔;挑選;選擇 Selection is the act of selecting one or more people or things from a group.
e.g. ...Darwin's principles of natural selection... 達爾文的自然選擇理論 e.g. Dr. Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction... 人們對沙利文博士當選衛生部部長(cháng)表示滿(mǎn)意。
2. 挑選出來(lái)的一批人(或事物) A selection of people or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group.
e.g. ...this selection of popular songs. 這張流行歌曲選集 e.g. ...a dramatic rendition of selections from Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 以戲劇形式演繹的狄更斯《圣誕頌歌》節選片段
3. (商店內)可供挑選的某類(lèi)商品 The selection of goods in a shop is the particular range of goods that it has available and from which you can choose what you want.
e.g. It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one day market. 它在為期一天的集市上出售應有盡有的各種古董。
selection英英釋義
noun
1. the act of choosing or selecting
e.g. your choice of colors was unfortunate you can take your pick
Synonym: choiceoptionpick
2. the person or thing chosen or selected
e.g. he was my pick for mayor
Synonym: choicepick
3. a passage selected from a larger work
e.g. he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Synonym: excerptexcerptionextract
4. an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
e.g. the store carried a large selection of shoes
5. a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym: survivalsurvival of the fittestnatural selection