[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]选择性的;有选择的;选取少量的 A selective process applies only to a few things or people.
[ADJ n]
Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.
选择性交配繁殖有可能培育出比狼速度更快、视力更佳的灵犭是。
...selective education.
尖子生教育
selectively
Within the project, trees are selectively cut on a 25-year rotation.
按照这个计划,将以 25 年为一个轮伐期对树木进行有选择的砍伐。
selectivity
The soldiers specialized in going out in small groups, to kill with a very high degree of selectivity.
这些士兵擅长小股出动,执行具有高度选择性的歼敌任务。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]仔细挑选的;严格筛选的 When someone is selective, they choose things carefully, for example the things that they buy or do.
[usu v-link ADJ]
Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective...
销量仍在,但购买者更加挑剔。
If public figures seek publicity to further their careers, they can't be selective about it.
如果公众人物想通过吸引公众的关注来推进事业,他们可能会不加选择。
selectively
...people on small incomes who wanted to shop selectively.
购物时想要货比三家的低收入人群
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](记忆)选择性的,只记一部分的 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.
[usu ADJ n]
[disapproval]
We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past...
我们似乎只记得过去最美好的时光。
Mr Robins, suffering from selective amnesia about his role in the affair, was contradicted in nearly every instance by other witnesses.
...a tendency to selectively forget all the adverse effects of the drug.
有刻意忘掉毒品所有负面影响的倾向
Oxford
se·lect·iveAWL/sɪˈlektɪv; NAmEsɪˈlektɪv/adjective1[usually before noun ]affecting or concerned with only a small number of people or things from a larger group 选择性的;有选择的◆the selective breeding of cattle牛的选择性培育◆selective strike action有选择的罢工行动2selective(about/in sth) tending to be careful about what or who you choose 认真挑选的;严格筛选的◆You will have to be selective about which information to include in the report.究竟要把哪些资料收入报告,你得仔细斟酌挑选。◆Their admissions policy is very selective.他们执行严格挑选的录取政策。◆a selective school (= one that chooses which children to admit, especially according to ability)择优录取学生的学校▶se·lect·ive·lyAWL/sɪˈlektɪvli; NAmEsɪˈlektɪvli/adverb◆The product will be selectively marketed in the US (= only in some areas).这种产品将有选择地投放到美国某些地区的市场。se·lect·iv·ity/səˌlekˈtɪvəti; NAmEsəˌlekˈtɪvəti/noun[uncountable ]◆Schools are tending towards greater selectivity.学校对新生的选拔有趋严之势。se·lect·ive/sɪˈlektɪv; NAmEsɪˈlektɪv/se·lect·ive·ly/sɪˈlektɪvli; NAmEsɪˈlektɪvli/se·lect·iv·ity/səˌlekˈtɪvəti; NAmEsəˌlekˈtɪvəti/
LDC
selectivese‧lec‧tive /səˈlektɪv/ ●○○AWL adjective
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1careful about what you choose to do, buy, allow etc → non-selectiveselective about/in We’re very selective about what we let the children watch. selective schools (=that choose which students to accept) He has a very selective memory (=he chooses what he wants to remember and what to forget).2affecting or relating to the best or most suitable people or things from a larger group: selective breeding—selectively adverb—selectivity /səˌlekˈtɪvəti/ noun [uncountable]
WDF
selective
[sɪˈlektɪv]
TEM4IELTS
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134
752
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1977
ADJ7188
99671
Spoken:
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选择性的(56%),选择的(34%),精挑细选的(10%)
adj.选择性的
讲究的
有选择地
有选择性地
仔细挑选地
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