choice
Harvard was not his first choice.哈佛并不是他的首选。
Her long experience and excellent record made her our first choice.
This wouldn't be my first choice as a holiday destination.
The new exhibition hall would be our first choice for the event.
When Harris was injured Jackson became the manager's new first choice.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking and choosing
adopt
adopted
adoption
appoint
bags I...idiom
be your best betidiom
cull
empanel
faute de mieux
favoured
filterable
go for someone
picker
Robin Hood
select
selection
selective
selectively
skim
you pays your money and you takes your choice/chanceidiom