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opt for + sth
表示选择某物或某种方案。
She opted for a career in medicine.
她选择了医学事业。
选择
opted — past of opt
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
选择
To choose; select.
She opted for a career in medicine.
她选择了医学事业。
选择；挑选。
To choose; select.
opt
Base
原形
opts
3rd person
第三人称单数
opting
-ing
现在分词
opted
Past
过去式
opted
Past participle
过去分词
She often opts for the vegetarian option.
她经常选择素食选项。
They opted to stay home instead of going out.
他们选择呆在家里而不是出去。
He is opting for a new career path.
他正在选择一条新的职业道路。
选择
She opts to take the train instead of driving.
她选择坐火车而不是开车。
He opted for the cheaper option.
他选择了更便宜的那个选项。
Many employees are opting out of the retirement plan.
许多员工正在选择退出退休计划。
表示选择某物或某种方案。
She opted for a career in medicine.
她选择了医学事业。
表示选择做某事。
He opted to stay home.
他选择待在家里。
表示决定不参与某事。
Several employees opted out of the retirement plan.
几名员工选择退出退休计划。
Not this
I opted stay home.
Use this
I opted to stay home.
动词 opt 之后必须接不定式 to，不能直接跟动词原形。
Not this
I opted the red one.
Use this
I opted for the red one.
opt 是不及物动词，选择某物时需要加介词 for。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
选择
Many students opt for online courses because of their flexibility.
许多学生因为灵活性而选择在线课程。
选择做某事
She opted to work from home to save commuting time.
她选择在家工作以节省通勤时间。
选择退出
Employees can opt out of the pension plan if they wish.
员工如果愿意可以选择退出养老金计划。
选择加入
You need to opt in to receive marketing emails.
你需要选择加入才能接收营销邮件。
选择退出
She decided to opt out of the company's retirement plan.
她决定退出公司的退休计划。
选择加入
You need to opt in to receive our newsletter.
你需要选择加入才能收到我们的新闻简报。
选择
Many people opt for a vegetarian diet for health reasons.
许多人出于健康原因选择素食。
Use opted naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
opt是option的动词形式，去掉-ion就是“选”，记作“选op”中的op即opt。
通常用于正式或中性场合，多出现在书面语和正式对话中，如决策、选择等语境。
Words ending in -opt such as adopt and co-opt rhyme with opt (same /ɒpt/). However, a common lookalike like apt (spelled similarly but with /æpt/) does not rhyme.
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