select

To carefully choose someone or something from a group of options.

• selection/sɪˈlekʃən/(n)选择；精选
• selective/sɪˈlektɪv/(adj)有选择性的
• selector/sɪˈlektə/(n)选择者；选拔委员

• select from
• carefully select
• select candidates
• select at random
• select a sample
• be selected for

1. 1.The committee will select three finalists from over two hundred applications submitted before the deadline.
2. 2.Participants were randomly selected from the database to ensure the sample was representative of the wider population.

• choose/tʃuːz/— pick
• pick/pɪk/— choose — informal
• designate/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/— officially assign

from Latin "selectus," past participle of "seligere" (to choose out)