资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr.
   choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to
   examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf.
   {Choose}.]
   1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or
      separating from two or more things that which is
      preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one
      thing to another; election.

   2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.

            Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take
            be so in our power that we might have refused it.
                                                  --Hooker.

   3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing
      what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference;
      discrimination.

            I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were
            collected with judgment and choice.   --Bacon.

   4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak.

   5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and
      selected in preference to others; selection.

            The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
                                                  --Shak.

   6. The best part; that which is preferable.

            The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound
            to bound.                             --Milton.

   {To make a choice of}, to choose; to select; to separate and
      take in preference.

   Syn: Syn. - See {Volition}, {Option}.