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elect/select/choose可以放在一起比较，详见下列。vote与其他三个单词区别较大，主要是指投票给某人，投票决定某事，公认等含义。 choose,select,elect,pickthese verbs mean to make a choice from a number of possibilities.这些动词都指从一些可能性中做出选择。 choose implies the use of judgment in taking one of several persons, things, or courses of action: choose 含有运用判断力在一些人、物或行为方式中选出一个的意思： “we do not choose survival as a value; it chooses us” (b.f. skinner). “并不是我们把生存作为一种价值而选择了它；而是它选择了我们” （b·f·斯基纳）。 select stresses fastidiousness in choosing from a wide variety: select 侧重于从许多不同种类中进行选择时的挑剔态度： four skiers will be selected to represent each country.每个国家将选出四名滑雪者作为代表。elect strongly suggests deliberation in making a selection, usually between alternatives: elect 强烈地暗示着通常在两者之间作出挑选时的深思细想： i elected not to go.我决定不去。pick, likeselect, indicates care in choosing: pick 和select 一样，表示选择时的小心谨慎： “not only do i knock 'em out, i pick the round” (muhammad ali). “我不但能击倒，我还能挑选在哪一回合击倒” （默罕默德·阿里）
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