喜樂美語
  1. 1vC1/ɑːpt/ · /ɒpt/選擇

    To choose one thing or one action after thinking about the different possibilities.

    示範例句 · Example

    Many students opted for science club this semester.

    逐字許多學生這學期選擇了科學社團。

    「opt」是英文裡「仔細想過之後選一邊」的動詞，比 choose 更帶「衡量過再決定」的味道。常接 opt for＋名詞（選某個選項）或 opt to＋原形動詞（選擇去做某事）。核心畫面可以想成：面前有幾條路，opt 就是想清楚後走進其中一條。

    常見搭配

    • opt for something

      選擇某事物／選定某個方案

      to choose one option from among several

      After college, Ruffin opted for a year of travel.

    • opt to do something

      選擇去做某事

      to choose to do a particular action

      Many young people are opting to go on to college.

    • opt instead for

      改而選擇…

      to choose something rather than the first idea

      She decided against teaching, opting instead for a career in art.

    • decision to opt for

      選擇…的決定

      the choice to pick a particular option

      The decision to opt for the shorter route saved us an hour.

    意思相近

    chooseselectdecide onsettle onpick

    用法接近

    prefergo forpick

core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。

同家族的字

過去式 opted過去分詞 opted-ing opting三單 opts

意思相近

chooseselectdecide onsettle onpick

用法接近

prefergo forpick

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    To choose; select.

    • He opted not to go.
    • She opted for the salad rather than the steak.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。