options
options — 名詞
- optionssingular
- optionsesplural
1. the different things you are able to pick from, or the chance to decide for your
選擇；選項
可挑選的事物，或自行決定的權利
the different things you are able to pick from, or the chance to decide for yourself what you want to do
Sivan studied all her job options before signing the contract in Tel Aviv.
Sivan 在 Tel Aviv 簽約前，仔細研究了所有的工作選項。
plural: weighing several available choices
The menu gave diners three vegetarian options and one fish dish.
這份菜單給用餐者三種素食選擇和一道魚料理。
countable: a set of named choices
Daichi kept his options open until the last day to apply.
Daichi 在申請截止日前，一直保留各種選擇的彈性。
Patients should always have the option of a second opinion from another doctor.
病人應該永遠都有向另一位醫師徵詢第二意見的選擇。
Trang had the option to leave early, but she stayed to help.
Trang 原本可以選擇早退，但她留下來幫忙。
- choice
more general; can be the act of choosing as well as the thing chosen
- alternative
stresses a second possibility instead of the first
- possibility
wider; something that could happen, not always something you select
文法句型
option of doing something
option to do something
用法筆記
Often plural ('options') when listing the range of choices on offer; singular 'option' for one specific choice. Frequently follows 'have', 'give', or 'keep'.
常見錯誤
2. a deal that lets you buy or sell something at a fixed price by a set date, which
選擇權
可在約定價格買賣的付費權利
a deal that lets you buy or sell something at a fixed price by a set date, which you pay for but do not have to use
Meera bought options on the airline shares before the prices climbed.
Meera 在股價上漲前，買進了那家航空公司股票的選擇權。
finance: options on shares
The contract gave Rafael an option to buy the warehouse within a year.
這份合約給 Rafael 一年內購買那座倉庫的選擇權。
option to buy within a time limit
Many traders lost money when their options expired worthless last week.
上週許多交易者在選擇權到期失效後賠了錢。
Kofi paid a small fee for the option but chose not to use it.
Kofi 付了一小筆費用取得選擇權，但最後選擇不行使。
文法句型
option on something
option to buy something
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is a paid financial right, not a simple choice. Often plural in trading talk ('stock options', 'share options').
3. used in the phrase 'have no option' to say that you are forced into one course o
別無選擇
被迫只能採取唯一可行的做法
used in the phrase 'have no option' to say that you are forced into one course of action because nothing else is possible
With the bridge closed, Élise had no option but to take the long road home.
橋封閉後，Élise 別無選擇，只能走那條遠路回家。
have no option but to + verb
The flooded train line left commuters with no option but to walk.
鐵路淹水，通勤族別無選擇，只能用走的。
leave someone with no option but to
Selim felt he had little option but to apologise to his angry neighbour.
Selim 覺得自己幾乎別無選擇，只好向生氣的鄰居道歉。
After the funding was cut, the small clinic had no option but to close.
經費被砍後，那間小診所別無選擇，只能關門。
- alternative
'no alternative but to' is the close equivalent phrase
- choice
'no choice but to' works the same way and is more everyday
文法句型
have no option but to do something
用法筆記
Only sense that appears in the fixed frame 'have no/little option but to'. The forced action follows as a 'but to'-infinitive.
常見錯誤
options — 動詞
- optionspresent simple I / you / we / they
- optionses3rd person singular
- optionsing-ing form
- optionsedpast simple
1. to pay for the right to buy or sell something later, or to give someone that rig
取得選擇權
付費取得日後買賣的權利
to pay for the right to buy or sell something later, or to give someone that right
The developer optioned the empty lot before anyone else could bid.
那位開發商搶在別人出價前，取得了那塊空地的購買選擇權。
transitive: option + property
Christopher optioned the land for a year while he raised the money.
Christopher 在籌錢期間，先取得了那塊地一年的購買選擇權。
option something for a period
The farmer optioned ten acres to a builder for a small fee.
那位農夫收了一小筆費用，把十英畝地的購買權給了一個建商。
The firm optioned the patent so rivals could not buy it first.
公司取得了那項專利的選擇權，好讓對手無法搶先買下。
文法句型
option something
用法筆記
Object is usually property, land, or a right being secured. Distinguish from verb sense 2, which is specific to creative works.
2. to pay a writer for the sole right to turn their book or story into a film or sh
買改編權
付費取得改編成影視的獨家權利
to pay a writer for the sole right to turn their book or story into a film or show
A Hollywood studio optioned Hugo's first novel before it even reached bookshops.
一家好萊塢片廠在 Hugo 的第一本小說上架前，就買下了它的改編權。
studio optioned a book
The producer optioned the short story and hired a writer to adapt it.
那位製片買下這篇短篇小說的改編權，並請了編劇來改寫。
option then adapt for screen
Apinya was thrilled when a streaming service optioned her stage play.
當一家串流平台買下她舞台劇的改編權時，Apinya 興奮極了。
The memoir was optioned for a series but the show was never made.
那本回憶錄的影集改編權雖被買下，劇集卻始終沒有開拍。
文法句型
option something for a film
用法筆記
Object is a creative work (novel, story, play). Frequently passive: 'the book was optioned'. An option here can lapse without a film ever being made.
options — 形容詞
- optionspositive
- more optionscomparative
- most optionssuperlative
1. describing a move in American football where the ball carrier picks, in the mome
選擇進攻的
美式足球中跑或傳由持球員臨場決定
describing a move in American football where the ball carrier picks, in the moment, between running forward and passing the ball
The coach drew up a clever option play for the final minute of the game.
教練為比賽最後一分鐘設計了一個巧妙的選擇性進攻戰術。
attributive: option play
Their option offense let the quarterback choose to run or pass each time.
他們的選擇性進攻讓四分衛每次都能決定要跑還是要傳。
option offense in American football
The young quarterback ran the option attack better than anyone in the league.
那位年輕四分衛把選擇性進攻打得比聯盟裡任何人都好。
Henrik watched the team practise the option play again and again at training.
Henrik 在訓練時看著球隊一遍又一遍地練習這套選擇性進攻戰術。
文法句型
option play
option offense
用法筆記
Used only before a noun in American football talk ('option play', 'option offense'). The 'option' is the runner's split-second choice to run or pass.