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/ɑːpt/ · /ɒpt/
To choose one thing or one action after thinking about the different possibilities.
選擇
過去式 opted過去分詞 opted-ing opting三單 opts
核心畫面
Picture someone at a fork who has looked at both roads and then takes one: the choosing is deliberate, and the other road is left behind. The word is short and slightly formal, which is why it turns up so often in reports about what people decided.
可以想成:一個人站在岔路口,兩條路都看過了,然後走上其中一條——選擇是想過的,另一條也就這樣放下了。這個字短而略帶正…更多收起
可以想成:一個人站在岔路口,兩條路都看過了,然後走上其中一條——選擇是想過的,另一條也就這樣放下了。這個字短而略帶正式,所以報導在講「大家最後選了什麼」時特別愛用它。它跟同家族的 option(選項)、optional(可選的)是一組。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
optverb/ɒpt/
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To choose; select.
- He opted not to go.
- She opted for the salad rather than the steak.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。