1ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n]选择性的;有选择的;选取少量的 A selective process applies only to a few things or people. 选择性的;有选择的;选取少量的
Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running faster and seeing better than a wolf.
选择性交配繁殖有可能培育出比狼速度更快、视力更佳的灵犭是。
...selective education.
尖子生教育
selectively
Within the project, trees are selectively cut on a 25-year rotation.
按照这个计划,将以 25 年为一个轮伐期对树木进行有选择的砍伐。
selectivity
The soldiers specialized in going out in small groups, to kill with a very high degree of selectivity.
这些士兵擅长小股出动,执行具有高度选择性的歼敌任务。
2ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]仔细挑选的;严格筛选的 When someone is selective, they choose things carefully, for example the things that they buy or do. 仔细挑选的;严格筛选的
Sales still happen, but buyers are more selective.
销量仍在,但购买者更加挑剔。
If public figures seek publicity to further their careers, they can't be selective about it.
...people on small incomes who wanted to shop selectively.
购物时想要货比三家的低收入人群
3ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](记忆)选择性的,只记一部分的 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. (记忆)选择性的,只记一部分的 [disapproval]
We seem to have a selective memory for the best bits of the past.
我们似乎只记得过去最美好的时光。
Mr Robins, suffering from selective amnesia about his role in the affair, was contradicted in nearly every instance by other witnesses.