单词 | to opt out |
释义 | > as lemmasto opt out b. intransitive. to opt out: to choose not to participate in or carry on with something; spec. (a) to reject conventional society and pursue an alternative lifestyle, to drop out; (b) British (of a school or hospital) to choose to withdraw from the control of a local authority. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > choose not to do something to drop out1883 to opt out1951 1922 [implied in: Glasgow Herald 13 Apr. 6 The opting of Australia out of the chain..does..impair the symmetry of the Imperial chain plan. (at opting n. 1)]. 1951 Ann. Reg. 1950 82 It became clear that many of the older and larger schools in the North were likely to ‘opt out’. 1966 ‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive i. 12 A man wants to opt out; they have to give him an incentive that will make him opt in again. 1966 Maclean's 20 Aug. 43 Morgan has no cures for society so he opts out, even if his Mum does call him a class traitor. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xii. 174 I did not intend to go to the top, having already opted out on grounds of risk. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 190 It meant that you had excused yourself from the present age, you had opted out. 1990 Guardian 29 June 2/1 The party would take back under health authority control any hospital which had opted out and won self-governing trust status. 1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 4 Dec. (USA Weekend Mag.) 5/3 At no time has the desire to opt out been more palpable than in the current era of corporate downsizing. to opt out c. transitive. to opt out: to withdraw (a person or institution) from participation in something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > persons withdrawa1450 remove1609 unstation1840 to opt out1986 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Metro section) b1 I can't go home and face the Chesapeake City Council and say we opted ourselves out of the law but left you in. 1987 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. 14/4 BBC's Panorama reported that parents can ‘opt schools out of local authority control’. 1989 Observer 10 Sept. 60/8 All parents..have the absolute right under the 1988 Education Reform Act to opt out their children from religious worship. 2001 Sun-Herald (Biloxi, Missouri) (Nexis) 20 Feb. b1 Cadrin..almost opted himself out of it much earlier this season. He told the owners he wanted out shortly after he found out how much money the Tiger Sharks lost last season. < as lemmas |
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