selective

1. ADJ A selective process applies only to a few things or people. 選擇性的[ADJ n]

Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf. 選擇育種可能會培育出一種比狼跑得更快、視力更好的靈緹。

2. selectivelyADV 有選擇地

Within the project, trees are selectively cut on a 25-year rotation. 在這一計劃中，會以25年為周期有選擇地砍伐樹木。

3. ADJ When someone is selective, they choose things carefully, for example, the things that they buy or do. 仔細(xì)挑選的; 講究的

Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective. 銷售仍在進(jìn)行,但買家更挑剔了。

4. selectivelyADV 仔細(xì)挑選地[ADV with v]

...people on small incomes who wanted to shop selectively. …購物時需要仔細(xì)挑選的低收入人群。

5. ADJ If you say that someone has a selective memory, you disapprove of the fact that they remember certain facts about something and deliberately forget others, often because it is convenient for them to do so. 選擇性的 (記憶)[表不滿]

We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past. 我們似乎對過去最美好的時光有選擇性的記憶。

6. selectivelyADV 有選擇性地[ADV with v]

...a tendency to remember only the pleasurable effects of the drug and selectively forget all the adverse effects. …一種只記住毒品帶來的快感而有選擇性地忘掉其所有負(fù)面作用的傾向。