选读xuǎndú 1.选择阅读{pick out (pieces or passages) to read; read excerpts}: 这篇文章比较长,大家可以～其中的一部分。{Since the article is quite long, you may pick out certain parts to read.} 2.从一个人或若干人的著作中选出一部分编成的供阅读的书(多用做书名{usu. used in book titles}){selection; selected readings; book compiled from selections of a writer's works or from different writers' works}: 《古代诗歌～》。{Selected Readings of Ancient Poetry}