Ⅰ.choose的意思是“选择、挑选”,通常指在所提供的对象中,凭个人的判断力进行选择。如:
① You may choose from among them the one you like best. 你可以从它们中间挑选最喜欢的一个。
② Let me choose a book from among these. 让我从这些书中选一本。
[注]choose后面可以接不定式,表示愿意、决定等意思。如:
I didn’t choose to go. 我不愿意去。
Ⅱ.select的意思是“选择、挑选”,通常指从很多对象中精心地进行挑选,往往指根据被选择对象的优劣进行选择。如:
① The finest products were selected and sent to the exhibition. 选择了的产品送到展览会去。
② They were selected from among many applicants. 他们是从许多报名者当中挑选出来的。
Ⅲ.elect的意思是“选、选举”,常指通过正式手续(如投票等)进行选举。如:
They elected him chairman. 他们选举他当主席。
这里如果改用choose/select,那就着重于选择的意义,不一定是正式选举,整个句子应为:They chose him as their chairman.
[注] pick 一词也可以表示挑选、选择的意思,含有仔细挑选的意味,有时也表示任意挑选的意思。如:
Pick the best one. 挑选的吧。 思ick stheir chairman.
tion. like best.