selective

select,选择，-ive,形容词后缀。

selective (adj.)

1620s; see select (adj.) + -ive. Related: Selectively; selectiveness. Selective service is from 1917, American English.

1. There is potential for selective breeding for better yields.

选种培育以提高产量会大有可为。

2. Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective.

销量仍在，但购买者更加挑剔。

3. Memory is selective and fallible.

记忆有选择性而且会出错。

4. the selective breeding of cattle

牛的选择性培育

5. He seemed to have a very selective recall of past events.

他好像对过去的事情有选择地回忆.