selective
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ A selective process applies only to a few things or people. 选择性的[ADJ n]
Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf. 选择育种可能会培育出一种比狼跑得更快、视力更好的灵缇。
2. selectivelyADV 有选择地
Within the project, trees are selectively cut on a 25-year rotation. 在这一计划中，会以25年为周期有选择地砍伐树木。
3. ADJ When someone is selective, they choose things carefully, for example, the things that they buy or do. 仔细挑选的; 讲究的
Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective. 销售仍在进行,但买家更挑剔了。
4. selectivelyADV 仔细挑选地[ADV with v]
...people on small incomes who wanted to shop selectively. …购物时需要仔细挑选的低收入人群。
5. ADJ If you say that someone has a selective memory, you disapprove of the fact that they remember certain facts about something and deliberately forget others, often because it is convenient for them to do so. 选择性的 (记忆)[表不满]
We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past. 我们似乎对过去最美好的时光有选择性的记忆。
6. selectivelyADV 有选择性地[ADV with v]
...a tendency to remember only the pleasurable effects of the drug and selectively forget all the adverse effects. …一种只记住毒品带来的快感而有选择性地忘掉其所有负面作用的倾向。
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selective /sɪˈlɛktɪv/
剑桥词典
- intentionally choosing some things and not others
- Nowadays he can afford to be much more selective about the roles he accepts .
- I'm more selective about the programmes I watch than I used to be.
- Parents have a selected memory when they recall their children's early years .
- selective education
- the selective and non-selective school sectors 返回 selective
有选择性的；严格筛选的
As a teacher she was very selective, accepting only a small number of exceptionally gifted pupils . 作为老师，她的筛选很严格，只接受一小部分特别有天赋的学生。
He seemed to have a very selective recall of past events . 他好像只能选择性地回想起过去的事情。
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