choice: [13] Choice is a French formation, although like the verb with which it is linked, choose, its ancestry is Germanic. The source of the English word was Old French chois, a derivative of the verb choisir ‘choose’, which came ultimately from the same Germanic base, *kaus- or *keus-, as produced choose. English had its own native formation, Old English cyre ‘choice’, which died out in Middle English times; had it survived to the present day, it might have been something like kire. => choose
choice (n.)
mid-14c., "that which is choice," from choice (adj.) blended with earlier chois (n.) "action of selecting" (c. 1300); "power of choosing" (early 14c.), "someone or something chosen" (late 14c.), from Old French chois "one's choice; fact of having a choice" (12c., Modern French choix), from verb choisir "to choose, distinguish, discern; recognize, perceive, see," from Frankish or some other Germanic source related to Old English ceosan "to choose, taste, try;" see choose. Late Old English chis "fastidious, choosy," from or related to ceosan, probably also contributed to the development of choice.
Replaced Old English cyre "choice, free will," from the same base, probably because the imported word was closer to choose [see note in OED].
choice (adj.)
"worthy to be chosen, distinguished, excellent," mid-14c., from choice (n.). Related: Choiceness.
雙語例句
1. Helen's choice of lipstick was a good match for her skin-tone.
海倫選擇的唇膏很適合她的膚色。
來自柯林斯例句
2. In many societies children still marry someone of their parents' choice.
在許多社會，子女結(jié)婚仍然只能聽從父母之命。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Although he was only grumbling, his choice of words made Rodney angry.
盡管他只是在咕噥，可是他的措詞卻讓羅德妮惱火。
來自柯林斯例句
4. This new information does throw doubt on their choice.
這個新信息確實使人們對他們的選擇產(chǎn)生了懷疑。
來自柯林斯例句
5. At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu.