chose

英 [tʃəʊz]

美 [tʃoʊz]

v. 选择; 挑选; 选取; 宁愿; 情愿; 决定
choose的过去式

复数：choses　现在分词：chosing　第三人称单数：choses　

柯林斯词典

But I recognised your capability, I chose you.
但我认同你的能力，我选择了你。
In doing translation work, he chose every word with great care.
他做翻译，一字一句都不敢苟且。
Our parents chose to come here with the hope of bettering themselves.
我们的父母选择来到这里，希望能够改善自己的生活。
The Russian government chose not to decontrol oil and gas prices last January.
去年1月份俄罗斯政府决定暂不放开对石油和天然气价格的管制。
In my case I chose that course which I considered right
至于我呢，就选择了我认为正确的那条路线。
I could have. I chose not to.
我可以完成的。但我选择了放弃。
Two of the members chose to take issue with the chairman on the question of voting rights.
两位委员决定和主席争论选举权的问题。
Nancy chose the product because it is better for the environment.
南希选择这种产品是因为它更环保。
They were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill
他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。
We chose this one as the most suitable for our purpose.
我们之所以选择这一个，因为它最适合于我们的目的。