option的中文

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option
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◙ noun
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。
  [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。
  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。
◙ verb
1. [with obj.] buy or sell an option on (something)
• 买卖（某物的）期权

【IDIOMS】

◘ keep (或 leave) one's options open
1. not commit oneself
• 暂时不作决定
◘ not be an option
1. not be feasible
• 不可行

【语源】

1. mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin optio(n-), from the stem of optare 'choose'. The verb dates from the 1930s