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selective adj.选择的；选择性的；精挑细选的 (1) 这种药的药效有选择性的。(2) 她对于自己穿的衣服精挑细选。 When you are looking for someone to date, you will get advice as to how selective to be. Some people will suggest that you cast a wide net, choosing to date a lot of people in hopes that one will be right. Others will recommend that you be more selective, choosing to date only people that fit a set of criteria. If you are a male, you will have to register with Selective Service, a database the military selects from if there is ever a draft, when you turn 18.

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英 [sɪ'lektɪv] 美 [sɪ'lektɪv] (1) This medicine is selective in its action.(2) She is selective in the dresses she wears. If your mother only remembers the good things and not the bad, she has a selective memory. If a school chooses to offer only a few students spots, it is selective. Selective means characterized by choice. 1[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selectivelyWithin 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。selectivityThe 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。2[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3[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.对于自己在该事件中所扮演的角色，罗宾斯先生患上了选择性失忆症，因此几乎在每次庭审中都会受到其他证人的反驳。selectively...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

英语单词	selective
英美音标	英 [sɪ'lektɪv] 美 [sɪ'lektɪv]
中文释义	adj.选择的；选择性的；精挑细选的
英语例句	(1) This medicine is selective in its action. (2) She is selective in the dresses she wears.
中文例句	(1) 这种药的药效有选择性的。 (2) 她对于自己穿的衣服精挑细选。
vocabulary简明	If your mother only remembers the good things and not the bad, she has a selective memory. If a school chooses to offer only a few students spots, it is selective. Selective means characterized by choice.
vocabulary扩展	When you are looking for someone to date, you will get advice as to how selective to be. Some people will suggest that you cast a wide net, choosing to date a lot of people in hopes that one will be right. Others will recommend that you be more selective, choosing to date only people that fit a set of criteria. If you are a male, you will have to register with Selective Service, a database the military selects from if there is ever a draft, when you turn 18.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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. 对于自己在该事件中所扮演的角色，罗宾斯先生患上了选择性失忆症，因此几乎在每次庭审中都会受到其他证人的反驳。 selectively ...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

Selective Things People Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Selectively Choosing Date