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

• 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。
• 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。
• Still, it is an encouraging sign that they have opted for acceptance rather than dogmatism.
  鼓舞人心的是他们选择了让大家普遍接受而不是独断。
• On others, they have opted to thumb their noses at the US.
  在其它问题上，它们选择对美国嗤之以鼻。
• 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。
• Unable to compete, the Europeans and particularly the Americans opted for the financial markets.
  无力参与竞争的欧洲人（尤其是美国人）转向了金融市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have thus opted for a fairly swift transitional period.
  他们已经选择了一种公平且迅速的过渡计划。
• 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。