1.choice用作可数名词指“选择,挑选”的行为,强调自由选择,不论选择的方式或多少,可指选择一种行为或机会,也可指在一堆东西中挑选其精华,还可指从众多候选者中挑选入选者。choice有时还可指“供选择或被选择的”人或物,这时单数形式可表示复数意义。
2.choice还可作“选择权〔能力〕”解,此时是不可数名词。
3.表示“在A和B之间作选择”,可用choice between A and B,也可用choice of A or B。用choice between A and B时，choice前可用定冠词,也可用不定冠词; 用choice of A or B时，choice前只能用定冠词。

at one's own choice
随意选择 can be chosen freely
He went abroad at his own choice.他出国是自愿选择的。

by choice
自愿 willingly, because of wanting to
John helped his father by choice.约翰自愿帮他父亲。
I live here by choice.我自愿住在这儿。

for choice
出于自己的选择 by preference if one must choose
I will take French for choice.要选的话，我就选法语。
I should take this one for choice.要挑我就挑这个。

have no choice but to-v
别无选择,只能… do sth without way
You have no choice but to give up.你别无选择,只能投降。

make a choice
选择 be choosing
The teacher is still making a choice among the students.老师仍在学生中选择。
There are many books you can make a choice.有许多书你可以任意选择。
You make an arbitrary choice.你可以随便做选择。
You can depend on him to make a sound choice.你可以依靠他作出正确的选择。
I didn't regret the choice I had made.我作了这个选择并不后悔。

He was reluctant to leave me, but he had no choice.他不愿意离开我,但又别无选择。
Candidates for the degree were offered a choice between a thesis and an exam.申请学位的人可以选择写论文或参加考试。
The police faced the prisoner with a simple choice:he could either give the names of his companions, or go to prison.警察让犯人面临一个简单的选择:要么说出同伙的名字,要么进监狱。
If he has the choice, he would prefer to return to a private citizens life.如果由他选择,他宁可重新过平民生活。
I accept that the aircraft has no choice but to make a forced landing. 我承认这架飞机除作强行着陆外别无其他办法。
She had no choice but to leave him. She could not let him ruin her whole life.她没有别的选择,只得离开他。她不能让他毁灭自己的一生。
Of the two choices,I prefer the latter.在两种中选择,我选择后者。
There was a big choice of shops in the small town.那个小镇有各种各样的商店。
This shop has a large choice of hats and shoes.这家商店有很多鞋帽可供选择。
The boutique has a poor choice of dresses.那家时装用品小商店没有多少货可供选择。
Only a limited choice of foreign food can be obtained at the inn.这家旅店仅能提供有限的几种外国食品。
There is a wide choice of software available for this model.适于这种型号使用的软件,有许多种类可供选择。
There are so many choices to make and I don't know which hotel to book into. 有很多旅馆可以挑选,我不知该住哪家才好。
Listen to the four choices, and then draw a circle under the right one.听四个选择项,然后在正确的下面画一个圈。
His head corrects his heart in the choice of friends.在选择朋友时,他的理智战胜了情感。
In the end the choice was narrowed down to three people who might be suitable for the job.最后,只剩下三人可供选择,看谁更适合干这种工作。
He was fortunate in his choice of wall paper.他非常有幸选对了墙纸。
Italy was our second choice—all the flights to Greece were booked up.去意大利是我们的第二选择,因为飞往希腊的全部航班的机票已订购一空。
He lacked discrimination in the choice of friends.他缺乏择友的鉴别能力。
They can exercise little choice.他们行使选择权力很少。

choice, alternative, preference
这组词都有“选择”的意思。其区别是:choice强调自由选择,不论选择的方式或多少；preference强调按照自己喜爱的方式进行选择。例如:
She has a preference for Chinese novels.她喜爱中国小说。
alternative强调必须从两个或多个选择中选择一个。例如:
You have the alternative of leaving or staying and behaving.你或是离开,或是留在这里守规矩,两者之间请做选择。

你可以在A和B间作选择。
［误］  You have the choice between A or B.
［误］  You have a choice of A or B.
［正］  You have a/the choice between A and B.
［正］  You have the choice of A or B.
［析］  参见“基本要点”3。

Hobson's choice的直意为“霍普森的选择”。霍普森是剑桥的一位客栈主,兼营出租马匹。他有许多马,但他总是只让选最挨近厩门的马而不允许其他选择,由此产生这条成语。

1.choice用作形容词的意思是“上等的,精选的”,尤其指水果和蔬菜的优质。choice引申还可作“精妙的”解,常指写文章或用词的精妙。
2.choice在句中常用作定语,也可用作表语。比较级是choicer,最高级是choicest。

用作定语
▲～+n.
The shop was selling choice apples, so I bought a pound.商店正出售精选的苹果,所以我买了一磅。
They are the best and choicest articles, the choicest flowers.它们是最上等的精品,最好的花。
This is a choice Chinese restaurant.这是一家上等的中国餐馆。
She told him what she thought of him in a few choice phrases.她用琢磨好的几句精妙的话,向他说出自己对他的看法。
She swore at him angrily but he used even choicer phrases in reply.她气愤地朝他喊,而他却用更精妙的话回答。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
The fruit is choice.这水果是精选的。
Some of his remarks are really choice.他有些话真是字斟句酌。
▲S+be+～+of
He is choice of his food.他特别挑剔食品。
They are choice of the friendship between them.他们珍惜彼此的友谊。
▲S+be+～+over
The old man is choice over his grandson.老人溺爱孙子。
The guests are choice over the travel in China.客人喜爱在中国的旅游。

choice, elegant, fine
参见fine条。

［同义词］ n. pick, selection adj. best, dainty, elect, excellent, select, special, uncommon, valuable, elite
［反义词］ adj. average, common, ordinary
［词源］  ＜古法语chois(选择,挑选)