selection /sɪˈlɛkʃən/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Selection is the act of selecting one or more people or things from a group. 挑选; 选择

  例：

  ...Darwin's principles of natural selection.

  …达尔文的物竞天择理论。

  例：

  Dr. Sullivan's selection to head the Department of Health was greeted with satisfaction.

  由沙利文博士担任卫生部部长的这项选择很令人满意。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A selection of people or things is a set of them that have been selected from a larger group. 挑选出的一群

  例：

  ...this selection of popular songs.

  …这组精选的通俗歌曲。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT 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. (商店内) 可供选择的商品范围

  例：

  It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one day market.

  在为时一天的集市上，它提供了选择范围广泛的各式古董。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT In computing, a selection is an area of the screen that you have highlighted, for example because you want to copy it to another file. (计算机屏幕上) 选定的板块 [计算机]