opt

verb

/ɒpt/

/ɑːpt/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they opt	/ɒpt/ /ɑːpt/
he / she / it opts	/ɒpts/ /ɑːpts/
past simple opted	/ˈɒptɪd/ /ˈɑːptɪd/
past participle opted	/ˈɒptɪd/ /ˈɑːptɪd/
-ing form opting	/ˈɒptɪŋ/ /ˈɑːptɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action选择；挑选
- opt for/against something After graduating she opted for a career in music.毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
- After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.经过反复考虑，我决定不买摩托车。
- opt to do something Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.许多工人宁愿离职也不接受减薪。
Synonyms choose
chooseselect ▪ pick ▪ decide ▪ opt ▪ go forThese words all mean to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available.
choose to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available:
You choose—I can’t decide.你来选吧，我拿不定主意。
select [often passive] to choose somebody/something, usually carefully, from a group of people or things:
He was selected for the team.他已入选进队了。
a randomly selected sample of 23 schools随机抽选的 23 所样本学校
pick (rather informal) to choose somebody/something from a group of people or things:
She picked the best cake for herself.她为自己挑了一块最好的蛋糕。
choose, select or pick?Choose is the most general of these words and the only one that can be used without an object. When you select something, you choose it carefully, unless you actually say that it is selected randomly/at random. Pick is a more informal word and often a less careful action, used especially when the choice being made is not very important.
decide to choose between two or more possibilities:
We’re still trying to decide on a venue.我们仍在想法确定地点。
opt to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action:
After graduating she opted for a career in music.毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.经过反复考虑，我决定不买摩托车。
go for something (rather informal) to choose something:
I think I’ll go for the fruit salad.我想要水果色拉。
Patterns
- to choose/decide between A and/or B
- to choose/select/pick A from B
- to opt/go for somebody/something
- to choose/decide/opt to do something
- to choose/select/pick somebody/something carefully/at random
- randomly chosen/selected/picked
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French opter, from Latin optare ‘choose, wish’.