select

select 选择

se-,分开，-lect,拿，收集，词源同 collect,elect.即拿出来，分开，引申词义选择。

select

select: [16] Select is one of a wide range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin legere ‘choose’ or its past participle lectus (others include collect and elect and, from its later extended meaning ‘read’, lectern and lecture). Addition of the prefix sē- ‘apart’ produced sēligere ‘choose out’, whose past participle sēlectus gave English select, both as adjective and verb.
=> collect, elect, lecture, legible

select (adj.)

1560s, from Latin selectus, past participle of seligere "choose out, single out, select; separate, cull," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture (n.)). The noun meaning "a selected person or thing, that which is choice" is recorded from c. 1600. New England selectman first recorded 1640s.

select (v.)

"to single out one or more out of a number of things of the same kind," 1560s, from select (adj.) or from Latin selectus. Related: Selected; selecting.

1. The floorcovering you select will need to be impervious to water.

挑选的地板材料必须是防水的。

2. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.

推选一位新的议会候选人的激战正酣。

3. Christian Lacroix is throwing a very lavish and very select party.

克里斯汀·拉克鲁瓦正在举办一个非常豪华的上流聚会。

4. Select "Delete all" from the drop-down list.

在下拉列表项中选择“全部删除”。

5. Be sure to select firm, unblemished fruit.

一定要选坚实、无疤痕的果子。

【prime, first-rate, choice, select, splendid, excellent】
这组词都有“极好的”的意思，其区别是：
prime: 常指最重要、价值最高的东西，也可以表示最佳、最典型或最高的人或物。
first-rate: 多用于指对抽象事物的主观评估，有时含夸大、自负的意味。
choice: 指通过精心挑选达到水平，尤指罕见或品质精良的商品。
select: 指精挑细选出来作为范例的物或人。
splendid: 口语常用词，指非常令人满意，显得完美无缺。
excellent: 通常指事物在等级品位以及职位级别等方面的最优或接近最优。

【elect, select, pick, prefer, choose, opt】
这组词都有“选择”的意思，其区别是：
elect: 指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。
select: 书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
pick: 口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。
prefer: 强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。
choose: 普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。
opt: 多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。