select
Definitions
To choose carefully from a number of options as the best or most suitable.
（精心地）挑选，选出（最好或最合适的）。
Carefully chosen as among the best; of high quality.
精选的，优质的；（人群）经过遴选的。
Restricted to a small, privileged group; exclusive.
仅限少数人的，高级排外的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedse- (apart, aside) + lect (pick) = 'to pick out and set aside.' The image is sorting fruit: you reach in, take the good ones, and put them aside in their own pile. That 'set apart as better' sense is why a select group or select club means an exclusive, high-quality few.
Root lect still carries 128 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.select from从……中选择
- 2.carefully select精心挑选
- 3.randomly select随机选取
- 4.a select few少数精选的人
Example Sentences
- 1.
Please select the file you want to upload.
- 2.
Only a select few were invited to the dinner.
- 3.
The store carries a select range of imported teas.
Easily Confused
select vs choose — select implies a careful, often discriminating pick from a defined set (select a jury, select the best photo); choose is broader and more casual (choose what to wear). 'Select' also lives on as an adjective meaning exclusive ('a select audience'); 'choose' has no such adjective.