1
- a thing that is or may be chosen选择：
choose the cheapest options for supplying energy.
选择最便宜的能源供给方案。
1.1
- in sing. the freedom, power, or right to choose something选择自由, 选择能力, 选择权：
she was given the option of resigning or being dismissed
让她在辞职和被开除之间作出抉择
he has no option but to pay up.
他别无选择, 只能付账。
1.2
- a right to buy or sell a particular thing at a specified price within a set time购买权, 期权：
Columbia Pictures has an option on the script.
哥伦比亚制片公司取得了该剧本的购买权。
短语
keep（或leave）one's options open
- not commit oneself暂时不作决定。
not be an option
- not be feasible不可行。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin optio（n-）， from the stem of optare 'choose'. The verb dates from the 1930s.