The city is the building block of civilisation and of almost everything people do; a guidebook to the city is really, therefore, a guidebook to how a large and ever-growing chunk of humanity chooses to live.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
挑选;选择;选取
If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.