这个结构用法和含义较多，请看：
1.选择做某事（最常见用法）
we chose to go by train.
我们选择乘火车去。
we chose to do cross-country running.
我们选择了越野赛跑。
unsure of the meaning of this remark, ryle chose to remain silent
由于不确定这句话究竟是什么意思，赖尔选择了保持沉默。
the following have been chosen to take part: watts, hodges and lennox.
已选定下列人员参加：沃茨、霍奇斯和伦诺克斯。
barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 olympic games.
巴塞罗那获选为1992年奥运会的主办城市。
the multicoloured rag rug was chosen to liven up the grey carpet
选择这块五彩缤纷的碎呢小毯是为了给这灰色的地毯添些生气。
pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.
选用了粉红色和米色，以跟从天花板的颜色。
he won the toss and chose to field first.
他在掷硬币时猜中了，选择先作守方。she won the toss and chose to receive.
她猜中了掷币结果，选择接发球。
i chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
我选择出国工作以求在事业上有更好的发展。
our parents chose to come

here with the hope of bettering themselves.
我们的父母选择来到这里，希望能够改善自己的生活。
no one in their right mind would choose to work there.
任何一个精神正常的人都不会选择去那里工作。
we can deduce a lot from what people choose to buy.
从人们选购的东西可以作出多方面的推断。
they were intelligent and educated, yet they chose to kidnap and kill
他们聪明且有教养，却选择去绑架和杀人。
some mothers choose to have an epidural when giving birth.
有的母亲分娩时选择硬膜外麻醉。

if i choose to work on other projects in my own time, then i say that is my business.
如果我选择在业余时间做其他项目，我认为那是我自己的事情。
a woman can choose to have breast implants.
女人可以选择进行隆胸。

many women choose to go out to work.
很多妇女选择了出去工作。
some people are very picky about who they choose to share their lives with
有些人对选择什么样的人共度一生非常挑剔。
i can choose to ignore these extraneous thoughts or certainly choose not to act on them.
我可以选择无视这些无关的想法，当然也可以选择不按这些想法行事。
axani wrote in his post that he is notlooking for anything in return and that the woman who uses the 　 extra ticket can choose to either travel with him or 　 take the ticket and travel on her own.
阿克萨尼在他的帖子中写道，他此举并不寻求任何回报，而拿到这张额外票的女士可以选择和他结伴出行或自己去旅游。
pupils still choose to study it at higher levels.
学生们仍然选择在更高的层次上学习它。
if youre mad about football, you can choose to work in a sports shop or help out at a local football club.
如果你对足球很感兴趣,你可以选择在体育用品店工作或在当地的足球俱乐部帮忙。
you might also choose to grow some traditional vegetables and fruit.
你也可以选择种植一些传统的蔬菜和水果。
youd better choose to walk rather than drive as much as possible.
你最好选择步行而不是开车。
if you have a chance, you can choose to visit milan.
如果可以的话，你可以选择去米兰。
as for the future, he has said that he isnt exactly sure what he will choose to do.
至于未来,他说他不确定自己会选择做什么。
the major powers have chosen to act under the moral umbrella of the united nations
世界主要大国都选择在联合国的道义框架下行事。
the president has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates.
总统选择通过大幅降低利率来重新拉动经济增长。
i choose to be cheerful.
我选择快乐。
2.愿意做某事；宁愿做某事；甘愿做某事；故意做某事；
it is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger.
这是个沉闷的小镇，没几个人会愿意在此流连。
many people choose not to marry.
许多人情愿不结婚。
she didn’t choose to marry him.
她不愿意同他结婚。
he chose to say nothing.他宁愿什么都不说。
he did not choose to help me.
他不愿意帮助我。
they knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it
他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。
the terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
恐怖分子故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。
the movie industry had chosen to ignore the encroaching competition of television.
电影业故意无视电视业的侵犯性竞争。
3.决定做某事
what subject did jim choose?
he chose to talk about english names.
吉姆选择了什么题目？他决定谈一谈英国人的名字。
we chose to go by train.
我们决定乘火车去。
she chose to go with us.
她决定同我们一起去。

4.喜欢做某事
she did not choose to sit at the back.
她不喜欢坐在后面。
dorothea shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chose to live alone far away from people.
多萝西.肖71岁了，几乎什么都看不见，但是她喜欢独身一人住在远离人们的地方。
some people think it is strange that choose to live in the village.
有些人对我们喜欢住在山村里感到很奇怪。
在否定句中要注意not位置：
he chose not

to go home.
他决定不回家了。
he did not choose to help us.
他不愿意帮助我们。