alternative
美音:
[ɔl´tə:nətıv
]英音:
[ɔl´tə:nətıv
]n.二中择一,可供选择的办法,事物 adj.选择性的,二中择一的
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副词:alternatively
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alter=other(其他的) 变化型 ali
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alternative
/ɔ:l'tɜ:nətɪv; ɔl`tɝnətɪv/
adj [attrib 作定语]
1 available in place of sth else; other 可用以代替其它事物的; 另一可选用的; 其他的
*find alternative means of transport 另找一个运输方法
* Have you got an alternative suggestion? 你有没有其它的建议?
* The alternative book to study for the examination is `War and Peace'. 可供应考选读的另一本书是《战争与和平》.
2 (idm 习语) the al,ternative so`ciety people who prefer not to live according to the conventional standards of social behaviour 另择群体(不循传统的社会行为准则而生活的人们).
n
1 choice of two or more possibilities 可能性中的选择
*You have the alternative of marrying or remaining a bachelor. 你可以结婚也可以仍做单身汉, 任你选择.
* Caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess. 他被当场抓住, 除了招供别无出路.
2 one of two or more possibilities 可能性之一
*One of the alternatives open to you is to resign. 你辞职也是个办法.
1. Where alternative sources of power are available there are some marked contrasts in handling. 凡是能源有选择余地的地方, 在处理方面有些显著的差别.
2. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process. 精神上多种情趣的培养是一个长期的过程。
3. There was no mistake and no alternative. 一点也没搞错,而且也没有回旋的余地。
4. Have you got an alternative suggestion? 你有没有其它的建议?
5. However, in the absence of plausible alternative explanations for the gloomy economic news of the past 15 — 20 years and the gloomier prospects implicit in the projections of those trends, industrial societies — fearful for the future — might very we 然而, 由于对过去15-20年里令人感到沮丧的经济新闻和对那些趋势的反映中暗含的更为令人感到沮丧的前景没能作出其他令人信服的解释,工业社会因为害怕未来很可能会要采取倒退措施。
6. Home computers will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative results should you act in a certain way. 家用电脑可以让你通过交互方式回答有关你的健康状况的问题,还会告诉你你的不同行为方式会带来哪些不同的结果。
7. Arrange an auxiliary cooking and heating source that can be used outside. One alternative is a portable camp stove with small cans of gas. 放置一个备用的户外烹调和取暖用具,或者准备一个便携式露营灶和几小罐煤气。
8. Yet to both classes, the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. 然而对这两种人来说,都需要换一换脑子,改变一下气氛,转移一下注意力,这是不可缺少的。
9. It seems a more civilized alternative to our present barbarous procedure. 这与我们目前野蛮的做法相比似乎是较为文明的变通。
10. When they would be capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggesting alternative routes, 计算机可以提供交通堵塞的信息并建议可替换的路线.
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