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option

/op-shuhn/US // ˈɒp ʃən //UK // (ˈɒpʃən) //

选择,选项,选择权,选修课

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the power or right of choosing.
    • : something that may be or is chosen; choice.
    • : the act of choosing.
    • : an item of equipment or a feature that may be chosen as an addition to or replacement for standard equipment and features: a car with a long list of extra-cost options; a telephoto lens option for a camera.
    • : stock option.
    • : a privilege acquired, as by the payment of a premium or consideration, of demanding, within a specified time, the carrying out of a transaction upon stipulated terms; the right, as granted in a contract or by an initial payment, of acquiring something in the future: We bought one lot and took a 90-day option on an adjoining one.
    • : Football. a play in which a back has a choice of either passing or running with the ball.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to acquire or grant an option on: The studio has optioned his latest novel for film adaptation.
    • : to provide with optional equipment: The car can be fully optioned at additional cost.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • These cables work and have pulled uncountable numbers of ATVs out of compromised positions, but there is a better option.

  • Although all useful, there are also unique designs options that won’t butt against the overall look and feel of your workspace.

  • They gave us all the option to defer for the whole semester.

  • Infeed ads take the full screen, but users have an option to skip them.

  • Then there’s “challenge,” a new option for coaches this season.

  • I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.

  • This simply is not an option for ACC to source indeterminately.

  • Judging from current figures, there would be a substantial demand for this option, too.

  • In all likelihood this last option is what we will get for the foreseeable future.

  • For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

  • That we should attack one week and the French another week is rotten tactically; but, practically, we have no option.

  • A term may also continue during the option of either of the parties to be ended on notice by the party exercising the option.

  • In taking them up, the earth may be (p. 434) allowed to remain on the roots, or shaken off, at the option of the grower.

  • When the plants are to be hung on lath they may be wilted before "stringing" or not, at the option of the grower.

  • The "wrappers" should be cased by themselves and "the seconds" and "fillers" together or separate at the option of the packer.