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| | to make a choice or decision from a range of possibilities 选择；决定 | +for After recent setbacks in the market, most people are now opting for low-risk investments. 经历了近来证券市场上的多次挫折后，大部分人现在都转而选择低风险的投资。 | | opt to do sth married couples opting to be taxed as two single persons 决定以两个个人身份纳税的夫妇们 | |
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| - | ˌopt ˈout |
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| 1 | to decide not to take part in something or to stop taking part in it 决定不参加；决定退出 | +of The firm opted out of the company car scheme last year. 这家公司去年决定不参加公司汽车计划。 | | If you opt out before December 1st, your deposit will be refunded. .如果你在12月1日前决定退出的话，订金将予以退还。 | |
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| 2 | a British school or hospital that opts out decides to operate with money given directly to it by the government , instead of being controlled by its local authority （英国学校或医院）决定靠政府拨款运作（而非由地方当局管理） |
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