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

• 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。
• 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。
• For the2009 documentary, This Is It, the Estate of Michael Jackson opted for the first approach.
  对于2009年的纪录片&《就是这样》（ThisIsIt），迈克尔·杰克逊的遗产管理公司选择了第一种方法。
• 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。
• But bankers say he has opted to keep the business for the time being.
  但银行家们表示，他选择了暂时保留此项业务。
• 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。
• 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。
• She opted for coffee.
  她选择了咖啡。
• 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。