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

• 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。
• But this time, Asian equities opted not to "embrace simplicity".
  但这一次，亚洲股票却没有选择“抱朴”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since she's opted to forego all appeals.
  因为她选择了放弃上诉。
• Kim opted for cooler blues and yellows in the master bedroom.
  金为主卧室挑选了偏冷色调的蓝色和黄色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。