opted

英 [ˈɒptɪd]

美 [ˈɑːptɪd]

v.  选择; 挑选
opt的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 选择；作出抉择
  If youopt forsomething, oropt todo something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else.
  1. Depending on your circumstances you may wish to opt for one method or the other...
     依据自身情况的不同，你可能希望选择这种或那种方法。
  2. Our students can also opt to stay in residence.
     我们的学生也可以选择住校。

双语例句

• American lawmakers have opted for a more cautious approach.
  美国的议员则选择了一种更为谨慎的方式。
• Fortunately, more than half of America's3,000-odd counties have opted for scanners.
  幸运的是，有超过3000多个乡村选择了扫描仪。
• The Chancellor has opted to plough on with policies that could run his coalition on to the rocks.
  总理选择了苦苦执行可能使他的联合政府触礁的政策。
• Many opted for joint EMBA programmes, but it has not all been plain sailing.
  许多院校选择了联合开办高级管理人员工商管理硕士（EMBA）项目，但这个过程并非一帆风顺。
• I opted for a second technique that I'll call hide-and-seek.
  因此，我选择了第二种技巧，我称之为hide-and-seek。
• Only a few said they would miss their boss, and even fewer opted to fawn.
  只有几个员工说他们会想念他们的老板，选择说奉承话的员工就更少了。
• My father left the choice of career to me, and I opted for law.
  父亲让我自己选择职业，我选择了法律。
• We opted to use Expect and create the callable routines that we needed.
  我选择使用Expect并且创建我们所需要的并且可随时使用的惯例。
• She opted for a winter vacation, instead of one in the summer.
  她选择了在冬天休假而不是在夏天休假。
• When asked how they define success, respondents opted for less tangible benefits than salary.
  当被问到如何定义成功时，回应者选择了和工资相比并不那么实实在在的好处。