selectivity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsɪl.ekˈtɪv.ə.ti/ us/səˌlekˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/ (also selectiveness, uk/sɪˈlek.tɪv.nəs/ us/səˈlek.tɪv.nəs/)
筛选，精选
the act of intentionally choosing some people or things and not others
Selectivity has affected the type of students attending the school. 筛选的做法影响了就学学生的类型。
The actor's selectiveness in film roles comes from his desire to keep learning and challenging himself. 这位演员对电影角色的选择性来自于他对不断学习和挑战自我的渴望。
See: selective
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- Colleges encourage applicants to apply early to enhance their image of selectivity.
- The selectivity of attention shows that what we perceive depends on us, as when you focus on a bird in flight and ignore the sky behind it.
- His buying was marked by its selectiveness.
- Did this culinary selectivity represent a distortion of tradition?