deselect

🇺🇸 /ˌdiːsɪˈlekt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdiːsɪˈlekt/
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verb
R

To choose not to support someone for a position, like a political candidate.

The party decided to deselect the current MP and look for a new candidate.

該黨決定不再選舉現任議員,尋找新的候選人。

R

To remove an item from a list of choices, like on a computer screen.

I accidentally clicked on the wrong option, so I had to deselect it and choose the correct one.

我不小心點擊了錯誤的選項,所以我不得不取消選擇它並選擇正確的選項。

translation

v. 取消選擇(如政治候選人), 取消選擇

詞形變化

3rd Present deselects
Past deselected
Perfect deselected
Progressive deselecting