ft*, A#
sel dom /'seldam/ adv. not often ft ft; M-P; ft % mi rarely
: He had seldom seen a child with so much
talent. Jftii/l-ft-s o She
seldom, if ever, goes to the
theatre, ft j# ± ft ^ —- BPflift
tRfcAUfcftAo o They seldom watch television these days. o (literary)
Seldom had he seen such beauty. ifalUmffi'P'PLMiA##/
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se lect 0-w /si'lekt/ verb, adj.
mverb 1 ~ sb/sth (as/for sth) | ~ sb/sth (from
sth)
to
choose sb/sth from a group
of people or things, usually according to a system &$.: [VN] He hasn’t
been selected for the
team. ffe ftM A IA
0 o All our
hotels have been carefully
selected for the excellent value they provide.
0
She was selected as the parliamentary
candidate for
selected sample of 23 schools 23 0
selected poems of T.S. Eliot *
T.S. £ P& jf i# & 0 This model is available at selected stores
only.
zE ^
ft o O [VN to inf] Six theatre companies have been selected
to take part in this year's festival. E
iAft A
ft Jgij §0 # #0 ft ft Jgd ft o [also V wh ] o note at choose
2 (computing if) [VN] to mark sth
on a computer screen; to choose sth, especially from a menu
(mnmmz) &«■;■
(
Select the text you want to format by holding down the
left button on your mouse.
O Select ‘New Mail' from
the ‘Send’ menu. jk
“fflW#” o
■
adj. 1 [only before noun] carefully
chosen as the best out of a larger group of people or things
)|f ; ft■ ■ • ft
ftW; {£^f: a select wine list gffcfj*81
S ft 0 Only
a select few (= a small number of
people) have been invited to the wedding. 7/lftMft£Fft#jjP0
2 (of a society, club, place, etc. £fc@3, i&ft #f)
used by people who have a
lot of money or a high social position # ft , 65
A ft ft W HIT!
exclusive :
They
live in a very select area. ft&J ft & * ftAJIA±ftft;E0 0 a select
club
se.lect
com'mlttee noun (BrE) a small group of politicians or experts
that have been chosen to examine a particular subject or problem #8U^| Mft (
)
select-ee /si.lek'ti:/ noun 1
a person who is chosen for sth iftfttftA; Aj% 2 (NAmE) a person who is chosen to
do MILITARY SERVICE
jifefiEftj&l#
se lection &n /si'lekjn/ noun
1
[U] the process of choosing sb/sth from a
group of people or things, usually according to a system $5#;
; t&WL-. The final team
selection will be made tomorrow. 30 ft # 51 ft IA
f& W :ft /a A 0 0 the random
selection of numbers o selection criteria
O
the selection process jAMilS.
2 [C] a number of people or things that have been chosen from a larger group
S#fc]£#jA ( Ai£#: A selec
tion of readers’ comments
are published below. Tffii&S ; 7 .0 note at choice 3 [C] a collection
of things from which sth
can be chosen ft l/g##/ K771
choice, range : The showroom has a
wide selection of kitchens.
—
see also natural selection
selectional /si’lekj’anl/ adj. (linguistics if If) used to
describe the process by which each word limits what kind of words can be used
with it in normal language
() j&jfitt, mm-. cm’has
the selectional
restriction that it must be followed by a kind of food, so ‘I eat sky’ is not
possible. * eat — is] Z Jf?
1 eat sky0
se lection committee noun a group of people who choose, for
example, the members of a sports team
(is^iAPAmw
)
selective /si'lektiv/ adj. 1 [usually before noun] affecting or
concerned with only a small number of people or
7
things from a larger group # 14
; ft j& # : the
selective breeding of cattle # 14 ft W 0 selective
strike action 2 ~ (about/in sth)
tending to be careful about
what or who you choose iA M M $5
$J; f2 #§■ &
6$: You
will have to be selective
about which information to
include in the report. IEIS™AI§, ft n
ft M M 0 o Their admissions
policy is very selective.
3XWiUko 0 a selective school (= one that chooses which children to
admit, especially according to ability) ft ►
se-lect-ive-ly adv.:
The
product will be selectively marketed in the
se-iecMv-
ity /so.lek'tiveti/ noun [U]: Schools are tending towards
greater selectivity.
se.lective ‘service noun [U] (NAmE) a system in which people have to spend a
period of time in the armed forces by law ji&tiEftlS; (
& )
se lect or /si'lekta(r)/ noun T (BrE) a person who chooses the members of a
particular sports team ( 35 zft[A[AM(tf] ) ISM A 2 a device in an engine, a
piece of machinery, etc. that allows you to choose a particular function
sel en ium /sa'liiniam/ noun [U] (symb Se) a chemical element.
Selenium is a grey substance that is used in making electrical equipment and
coloured glass. A lack of selenium ih the human body can lead to illnesses such
as depression. IB (
fnft£«i, Afa&iik-jtmmmmm)
self On /self/ noun (pi. selves /selvz/)
2
[C, usually sing.] the type of person you
are, especially the way you normally behave, look or feel ( i B (ft 0
‘11#^^: You’ll soonbe feeling
your old self again (= feeling well or
happy again), ft ft E A IA S ft ft &X 0 He’s not his usual happy self
this morning.
0 Only with a few people
could she be her real self (= show what she was
really like rather than what she pretended to be). Rftffl/lftAft — W , Mft ii^<S is
o 0 his private/professional self (=
how he behaves at home/work) /.±*N‘W
W-ft 2 [U] (also the self [sing.]) (formaf) a
person’s personality or character that makes them different from other people
ft ft; g : Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self (= the feeling that they are individual
people).
A
E #£ A A 7 ft ft M iR 0 0 the inner self (= a person’s emotional and spiritual
character) SlitS/lift o a
lack of confidence in the self tl (U 3 [U]
(formaf) your own
advantage or pleasure rather than that of other people ft A f ij M~■ E (ft. ft ft:; ft : She didn’t do it for any
reason of self jfe SP # ft JiftS ft ft
*L' „ 4 [C] used
to refer to a person ( ft ~ jft
A ) i E, ft A : You didn’t hurt your
little self, did you? , ft&ftff g
E BE ? 0
We look
forward to seeing Mrs Brown and your good self this evening.
$cCl#3Iftft JBJ'J
ft §|A.Aft It
ftAo lT»!iin see former
Self-
On /self/
combining form (in nouns and adjectives t^J^i^ii]ft]^Wi^])
of, to or by yourself or itself self-control
S nftU 0 self-addressed Aft g o self-
taught 4^0.
self-ab'sorbed adj. only concerned about
or interested in yourself KI g E W ;■ RAft IBW ► ,self- ab'sorp
tion noun [U]
,self-a'buse noun [U] 1 behaviour by which a
person does harm to himself or herself g gSI;
g
3
(old-fashioned)
= masturbation
at masturbate
.self-'access noun [U] a method of
learning in which
students choose their
materials and use them to study on their own g±# 3 & ( & ft ft g lift##
g # ) : a self-access centre/library
g / Hfttt
self-actual i za tion noun [u] the fact of using your skills and abilities and
achieving as much as you can possibly achieve gflc^f! ( g lift
) H33
self-realization