selectively
adverb
uk/sɪˈlek.tɪv.li/us/səˈlek.tɪv.li/in a way thatinvolvesintentionallychoosingsomepeopleor things and notothers:
有选择性地;严格筛选地They selectivelyremovedtreesthat werediseased.他们经筛选移除了有病害的树木。
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selective
- Researchers in New York havedevelopedaradiationcancertreatmentthatworkslike one of the Pentagon's "smartbombs" bylocating,invadingand selectivelykillingcancercells.
- Hotels areraisingratesselectively.
- Early in thespringtheywrappedthetreesinvaryingsizesofmesh,designedto selectivelykeepouthummingbirds,beesand otherinsects.
- You can selectivelysuspendindividualBluetoothdevices, which canconservea laptop'sbatterypower.
- Heexcerptsfrom thespeechselectively and, Iregretto say,carelessly.
Taking and choosing
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I...idiom
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- faute de mieux
- favoured
- go forsomeone
- picker
- plump
- Robin Hood
- select
- selection
- selective
- selectivity
- selector
- skim