Hundreds of electric utility companies are trying to burnish their green credentials by offering customers the option of supporting alternative energy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

But in fact, not everyone votes, there's always the option of not voting.

但是事实上,非人人都投票,不投票也是一种策略

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

So, again, I want to stress you have the option of staying anonymous in this class, but you also have the option of seeking out and making some sort of contact with us.

那么,我再强调一遍,你们可以选择在这门课上默默无闻,但是你们也可以选择站出来,跟我们多多接触

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

In 2008,the giant Coca-Cola Company bought 40 percent of Honest Tea and has the option of buying it all in 2011.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

By the way, when we turn in concept sheets each week you'll have the option of turning them in either on Monday or on the Wednesday of that week, whenever you choose to do it is fine.

顺便说下,当我们每周收观点报告时,你们可以在当周周一,或者那周三上交,无论你选哪一天都是可以的

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

James has the option of remaining in his home state with the Cavaliers, or switching to another team.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

And I can find the orientation of the arrow You have the option of either working with the two components of A or with the arrow.

我也可以求得矢量的方向,你可以选择使用,A 的两个分量或者矢量图来计算

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

The option of arming the private ships to protect against hijacking is complicated by common port laws which ban private firearms within port waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

It's on the market, very popular in terms of your choices right now as an option as an anti-depressant.

它在市场上，作为治疗抑郁症的一种选择,现在非常畅销。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

He is replacing it with a plan that would provide a combined land- and sea-based capability more quickly, focused on shorter range missiles Iran could use to threaten Europe, with the option of expanding later to cover longer range missiles if necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

You got seven guys behind you; that's not even an option and that's a very important aspect of the phalanx.

你后面有七个战友,这甚至没有选择,而这也是方阵非常重要的一个方面

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The most disputed part of the bill is a "public option" for individuals and small businesses.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

An option is a contract that says you can buy so many shares of a company.

期权就是指你可以,在公司里购买多少股份的一份合同

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Liberal Democrats, including Speaker Pelosi, insist that a public option must be part of any bill eventually passed by Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

And another option which I'm interested in from the standpoint of my own research is you could see them as disgusting.

另一个我感兴趣的方法,是来自我自己的研究立场,这个方法就是对他们感到反感。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Irma,who was recently inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, says retirement is not an option for her right now.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

So, when I started in college, that wasn't even an option for me and I was interested in a lot of things, chemistry not being one.

因此当我来到大学时,在我所感兴趣的科目里,根本就没有化学。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"I believe that a public option can achieve the goal of bringing meaningful reform to our broken system,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Typically, we think of it as a stock option.

通常我们把这个看作是股权认购

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Such an option is not part of the plan that will move forward in the Senate Finance Committee.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

There will be--here's another example of a different kind of article where when you click on the click here for full text option, you get something that looks a little bit different.

再举另外一种文章的例子,当你们点击选择全文时,会看到一些不一样的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Another option,he says, is to put the waste aside and dispose of it properly when resources are available.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

One of them, Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, made clear that doing nothing is not an option.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

Conservative Democrats and most Republicans are skeptical of a public option, saying it would lead to nationalized health care in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

But as analysts Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations points out, security and political considerations rule out such an option in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

that is no longer an option for us or for the rest of the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Julian Porteous,the auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of Sydney, thinks it will become a popular option.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

However,this option may not work well for the growing population of younger arthritic patients.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she believes it is essential that a government-sponsored public option be part of any bill, if it is to be passed by the House.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Morrell said the general's request will contain further analysis and a range of force level options for the president to consider, along with a statement of the risks of each option.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23