choice
要点選択、選択権、選ばれた物、人
意味
- (…を)選択,えり好み《+of+名》
- 選択権,選択の機会,選択力
- 選ばれた物(人)
- えり抜きの物,最上等品
- えり抜きの,精選した
例文
We had no choice but to leave the matter to him.
我々は彼にその問題を任せざるを得なかった。
She had no choice but to turn down his proposal.
彼女は彼のプロポーズを断るほかなかった。
You should be careful in your choice of friends.
友人の選択においては注意深くあるべきだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English chois, from Old French chois (“choice”), from choisir (“to choose, perceive”), possibly via assumed Vulgar Latin *causīre (“to choose”), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną, from *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose”). Akin to Old High German kiosan (“to choose”), Old English ċēosan (“to choose”), Old Norse kjósa (“to choose”). More at choose.