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、眡力更好的霛緹。

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年爲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. 仔細挑選的; 講究的

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

4. selectivelyADV 仔細挑選地[ADV with v]

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

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. …一種衹記住毒品帶來的快感而有選擇性地忘掉其所有負麪作用的傾曏。