excerpt; select passages
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to excerpt; to select passages; to pick sections
formalUsed for academic, editorial, or publishing contexts to indicate the action of extracting specific parts from a longer text.
Zhè这
běn本
jiào教
cái材
jié节
xuǎn选
le了
Lǔ鲁
Xùn迅
de的
sān三
piān篇
xiǎo小
shuō说
。
This textbook includes excerpts from three of Lu Xun's short stories.
Biān编
jí辑
cóng从
cháng长
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
zhōng中
jié节
xuǎn选
le了
yī一
duàn段
fā发
biǎo表
。
The editor selected and published an excerpt from the long article.
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Wèi为
le了
zuò做
yǎn演
shì示
，
tā她
jié节
xuǎn选
le了
bào报
gào告
zhōng中
zuì最
guān关
jiàn键
de的
shù数
jù据
bù部
fen分
。
For the presentation, she excerpted the most critical data section from the report.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
shì是
jié节
xuǎn选
zì自
tā他
de的
bó博
shì士
lùn论
wén文
。
This article is excerpted from his doctoral dissertation.