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。
• For this article, I opted for twitter, a Ruby wrapper by John Nunemaker.
  对于本文，我选择使用twitter，这是由JohnNunemaker编写的Ruby包装器。
• Young people in Europe have traditionally opted for lifetime government or corporate jobs.
  传统上，欧洲年轻人会选择在政府或企业找一份可以干一辈子的工作。
• Since she's opted to forego all appeals.
  因为她选择了放弃上诉。
• 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。
• We opted for secret inquiries, where overt ones would have been for more productive.
  于是，在本来通过公开调查可以见效得多的问题，我们选择了进行秘密调查的方式。
• He didn't exactly opt out because he never opted in.
  确切地说他并没有退出，因为他压根儿就没有参加。
• 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。
• 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。