n.

1. 選擇；選拔[U]
   It took her a long time to make the selection of this dress.

   挑選這件連衣裙花了她很長的時間。

2. 被挑選出的人（或物）；精選品；選手[C]
   She was my selection.

   她是我挑選出的人。

3. 選集，文選[C]
   This volume contains selections from his early works.

   該卷包含了他的早期作品文選。

   selections from Faulkner

   福克納選集

4. 【生】選擇，淘汰

n.

1. the action or fact of selecting.
   ▸a number of selected things.
   ▸a range of things from which a choice may be made.
   ▸a horse or horses tipped as worth bets in a race or meeting.
2. Biology  the evolutionary process which determines which types of organism thrive; natural selection.