selection

英 [sɪˈlekʃn]

美 [sɪˈlekʃn]

n. 选择; 挑选; 选拔; 被挑选的人(或物); 被选中者; 入选者; 可供选择的事物

复数：selections　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1511 / COCA.2133

牛津词典

noun

选择；挑选；选拔
the process of choosing sb/sth from a group of people or things, usually according to a system
1. The final team selection will be made tomorrow.
  明天将确定队伍的最后人选。
2. the random selection of numbers
  号码的随机抽取
3. selection criteria
  挑选标准
4. the selection process
  选拔过程
被挑选的人（或物）；被选中者；入选者
a number of people or things that have been chosen from a larger group
1. A selection of readers' comments are published below.
  下面选登了部分读者的意见。
可供选择的事物
a collection of things from which sth can be chosen
1. The showroom has a wide selection of kitchens.
  展厅里有多种式样的厨房可供选择。

N-UNCOUNT 选拔;挑选;选择
Selectionis the act of selecting one or more people or things from a group.
1. ...Darwin's principles of natural selection...
  达尔文的自然选择理论
2. Dr. Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction...
  人们对沙利文博士当选卫生部部长表示满意。
3. The children have to sit a tough selection test.
  孩子们必须参加一次严格的选拔测试。
N-COUNT 挑选出来的一批人(或事物)
Aselection ofpeople or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group.
1. ...this selection of popular songs.
  这张流行歌曲选集
2. ...a dramatic rendition of selections from Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
  以戏剧形式演绎的狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》节选片段
N-COUNT (商店内)可供挑选的某类商品
Theselection ofgoods in a shop is the particular range of goods that it has available and from which you can choose what you want.
1. It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one day market.
  它在为期一天的集市上出售应有尽有的各种古董。

noun

the act of choosing or selecting
1. your choice of colors was unfortunate
2. you can take your pick
Synonym:choiceoptionpick
the person or thing chosen or selected
1. he was my pick for mayor
Synonym:choicepick
a passage selected from a larger work
1. he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Synonym:excerptexcerptionextract
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
1. the store carried a large selection of shoes
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym:survivalsurvival of the fittestnatural selection

Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.
集市上的商贩摆出了一系列具有异域风味的该岛农产品以供选择。
The Queen is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities
女王要把那笔钱交给她喜欢的一些慈善机构。
See our selection of autumn favourites and take your pick.
看看我们的秋季精选，然后挑出你想要的。
Shops have a very limited selection.
商店里的选择非常有限。
The children have to sit a tough selection test.
孩子们必须参加一次严格的选拔测试。
I was disturbed to hear that the selection committee originally decided not to send a British team to this year's Championships.
当我听说选拔委员会原本决定不派英国队去参加今年的锦标赛时，我觉得很不安。
We sampled a selection of different bottled waters.
我们品尝了一系列不同品牌的瓶装水。
It is invidious to make a selection.
不相上下，很难选择。
They have a huge selection of perfect, slightly imperfect and discontinued cookers, fridges and so on.
他们有大量完好的、略有瑕疵的以及已停产的炊具、冰箱和其他货品可供选择。
Here's another selection of recent letters from our postbag
这是我们从近期公众来信里挑选出的又一批信件。