a thing that is or may be chosen
选择
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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
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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
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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
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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。
buy or sell an option on (something)
买卖(某物的)期权。
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keep (或leave )one's options open not commit oneself 暂时不作决定 -
not be an option not be feasible 不可行
"mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin