option
美 [ˈɑpʃ(ə)n] 
英 [ˈɒpʃ(ə)n]
- n.选项；选择；选择权；可选择的事物
- v.购买（或出售）…的选择权
词形变化
复数：options 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c][u] 可选择的事物；选择；选择权；选择的自由something that you can choose to have or do; the freedom to choose what you do |
| As I see it, we have two options… 据我看，我们有两种选择… |
| There are various options open to you. 你有多种选择。 |
| Going to college was not an option for me. 上大学不是我选择的道路。 |
| I had no option but to(= I had to) ask him to leave. 我别无选择，只有请他离开。 |
| Students have the option of studying abroad in their second year. 学生在二年级时可以选择出国学习。 |
| A savings plan that gives you the option to vary your monthly payments. 一项允许可调每月存款额度的储蓄方案。 |
| This particular model comes with a wide range of options(= things you can choose to have when buying sth but which you will have to pay extra for) . 这一型号有各式各样的配件可供选择。 |
2. | [c] 选修课a subject that a student can choose to study, but that they do not have to do |
| The course offers options in design and computing. 这一课程开了设计和计算机技术的选修科目。 |
3. | [c] （未来的）买卖选择权the right to buy or sell sth at some time in the future |
| We have an option on the house. 我们有权购买这所房子。 |
| He has promised me first option on his car(= the opportunity to buy it before anyone else) . 他答应我可以优先买他的汽车。 |
| The property is for rent with an option to buy at any time. 这房子供出租，但可随时买下。 |
| share options(= the right to buy shares in a company) 认股选择权 |
4. | [c] 选项；选择one of the choices you can make when using a computer program |
| Choose the ‘Cut’ option from the Edit menu. 从编辑选单上选“剪切”项。 |
1. | ~ sth 购买（或出售）…的选择权to buy or sell the right to own or use sth, at some time in the future |
| The novel has been optioned for the screen by his production company. 这部小说改编成影视作品的权利已经被他的制作公司买下了。 |
习惯用语
keep/leave your options open
保留选择余地；暂不决定to avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future
the soft/easy option
轻松的选择；捷径a choice which is thought to be easier because it involves less effort, difficulty, etc.
| They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option. 他们盼望新办法不会被视为捷径。 |
| He decided to take the easy option and give them what they wanted. 他决定顺水推舟，他们要什么就给什么。 |
英汉解释
n. | 1. 选择,取舍,选择权,选择自由;可选择的东西;【商】(在契约有效期可附加一定贴水的)选择买卖的特权 |
英英解释
例句
"I try to show them that selling drugs is not the only option, " he said.
他说：“我努力向他们说明：推销毒品不是唯一的选择。”
You said an option knock him down. Fellows, you want your woman to be happy? All you got to say is: How was your day? How was your day?
一个选择就能把男人们打到了伙计们，你想要你们的女人开心吗？你只需要说：你今天过得怎么样？
Professor Berube says another option might be to have private maritime security companies eventually take over the mission.
博鲁比教授表示，另一个方法就是最终让海上安保公司来接手这项工作。
The number of oil option contracts betting on oil hitting $200 a barrel in December have tripled since the beginning of the year.
自今年初以来，押注油价在12月份触及每桶200美元的原油期权合约增长了两倍。
Tcpmon is a popular tool for monitoring web service message exchanges, so having this as an option in your client code is often useful.
Tcpmon是用于监视Web服务交换的一个流行工具，因此在客户机代码中使用此选项通常非常有用。
"You will not change them" - Referring to men as though your only option is accepting your fate as an Egyptian girl in a backward society.
“妳没办法改变他的”-在一个思想落伍的社会里，妳唯一的选择就是接受身为一个埃及女孩的命运。
In a few years though, Brooks could be nice bench option for some scoring and three-pointers at the point guard position.
在几年内虽则，溪能是好的长凳选择为一些计分和三尖在得分后卫位置。
Weighing on the front end of the market were fears of large deliveries as high freight rates make delivery of soybeans an attractive option.
市场前端遭受的压力来自人们对大量交割的担心，因为高昂的运费使交易商们更愿意交割大豆。
If the client has no DNS entry, this option should specify the name you want to be contained in the local host file of the LPAR.
如果客户机没有DNS条目，这个选项应该指定需要包含在LPAR的本地主机文件中的名称。
And having that option on the bench is good news for us at a time when Carlos Vela seems to have been completely frozen out by the manager.
替补席上有这样一个球员对我们来说是个好消息，特别是现在贝拉似乎已经被教练完全雪藏了。
Another option, especially for derby games, might be to increase the number of away fans allowed to attend.
另一种方法是，尤其是在德比战中，可以增加进入球场的客队球迷。
As mentioned at the beginning, share option schemes, no doubt, do wonders in making millionaires overnight.
如本文开头所述，股票认购权计划毫无疑问可以创造一夜暴富的奇迹。
Also, the life of a warrant is often measured in years, and that of a typical option in months.
此外，权证的有效期通常以年来计算，而典型的期权是以月来衡量的。
Given the high cost of a wedding, and the prominence of celebrities eloping, this might be an option worth considering.
考虑到婚礼的代价太高，社会名流私奔很扎眼，这可能是值得商榷的一种选择。
With manufacturers and retailers unwilling to play by the rules, Shenzhen authorities may feel like an outright ban is the only option left.
由于生产商和经销商不愿遵守相关规则，深圳当局或许觉得直接发布禁令是唯一的选择。
It includes a list of commonly used resolutions as well as a custom option for you to input your own.
它包含一个常用分辨率的列表，另外你也可以输入你自己需要的分辨率。
If you had not chosen a web install, the other option is to download the repository zip files to your local host and install from there.
如果不选择web安装，另一种方法是把存储库zip文件下载到本地主机上并从本地主机开始安装。
Use the -S option to specify a remote database as shown in the following procedure, or to specify a named instance.
使用-S选项可以像下面过程中显示的那样指定远程数据库，或者指定命名实例。
Really, I said that if Liverpool did not want me, I would be forced to sign for someone else because I would have no other option.
我确实说过如果利物浦不需要我了，我就要去和其他球队签约了，因为我别无选择。
Here, "Destination" should be the name of a print destination as accepted by the "-d" option of the lp command (see "man lp" ).
这里，“Destination”应该是lp命令“-d”选项（请参阅“manlp”）可接受的打印目的地名称。
Thus he would have had a deadly option.
这样，他就有很大的选择余地。
The report concluded (that) the cheapest option was to close the laboratory.
这份报告认为代价最低廉的选择是关闭实验室。
The Shanxi pact was set to have Marbury play for two years, with an option for a third and a possible role as a coach.
马布里与山西签定的合同为期两年，第三年可选择续约，可能还会担任教练一职。
"Coming to see us is the only option for them, " he said.
“来找我们看病是他们唯一的选择，”他说。
and the customer decides to use the option or not, the cost is only the premium for the option.
客户决定用期权还是不用，所花的成本只是购买期权时所付出的保险费而已。
Access opens the database with the same option settings it had the last time you opened it.
Access将以上次打开该数据库时所用的相同选项设置来打开它。
Traveling around the world is often a cheaper option than a return ticket to a single destination.
通常来说，环游世界都比买到一个目的地的往返机票便宜。
Option 1 is often referred to as "obtrusive traceability, " as the requirement and the traceability are defined in the same place.
选择1常被称为“鲁莽的追溯”，因为需求和追溯关系定义在相同的地方。
God is always holding out the option of return to a unity with him.
神总是提出一个选择来与他合一。
France, once a counterweight to the economics of deflation, seems now to think it has no option but to acquiesce.
曾经对通缩经济体起到平衡作用的法国，现在似乎认为它别无选择，只得默许。
In the present age of EMS, intelligent management assistance is no longer an option, but a necessity.
在当今EMS时代，智能管理辅助不再是一个选项，而是必需的。
One option would be to run a wider auction process, and another would be to put any plans to sell the business on ice for now.
一个方案是进行更大范围的拍卖程序，另一个方案是将出售该业务的计划目前暂时搁置。
The engineer shall have the option not to attend these tests and to instruct the contractor to carry them out on a self certification basis.
工程师有权力不参加这些测试，并且指导承包商在自检的基础上完成这些测试。
Mr. Gutierrez said the U. S. isn't ruling out that option, but emphasized that 'our preference is to solve issues through dialogue.
古铁雷斯称，美国并不排除这样做的可能性，但同时强调说，会优先考虑通过对话来解决问题。
So it was a bit of a disappointment to flip to the set-lunch menu and discover only one option for each course.
翻开午餐套餐菜单，发现每种套餐都只有一种选择之后，你也许会略感失望。
The bullet had shifted a little closer to Charlie's heart, and Carlisle confronted me with an option.
子弹距离查理的心脏那么近，卡莱尔单独找我谈过，说了他的建议。
Beijing has plenty of choices if it wants to ease policy. The quickest-acting option would be to let banks lend more briskly.
中国在实行宽松政策上有充足的选择.见效最快的将是允许银行迅速扩大信贷规模。
But a flush loo is no option in slums where rain is the only form of flushing.
但冲水式厕所在贫民窟里不太实际，那里只有雨水才能起冲刷作用。
"So we see no point in joining such a political process, but the only option available is the continuation of armed struggle, " he said.
“因此我们认为加入这样一个政治进程毫无意义，唯一的选择就是继续武装斗争”他说。
That is the beauty with those Web Sites : the choice is yours, you have the option of deciding just how much you say to people.
网络站点妙就妙在：选择权在你手上，你可以决定花多少时间与他人交谈。
There's still no matte option, but at least you can opt out of getting a Magic Mouse and substitute in a Magic Trackpad this time.
仍然没有哑光版本，但至少这次你可以得到一个Magic鼠标或者一块Magic触摸板。
And with interest rates at 0. 5% for more than two years, leaving your cash in the bank has not proved to be a massively profitable option.
而两年多以来利率一直是0.5%，把现金留在银行证明亦非高收益的选择。
