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 alternative [ɔl'tɚnətɪv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 两者择一, 供替代的选择

a. 两者择一的, 供选择的

[计] 选择对象

[医] 交替的, 更迭的, 互生的(植物)


  1. Have you got an alternative suggestion?
    你有没有其他建议？
  2. Please find alternative means of transport.
    请另外找一个运输方法。
  3. We have no alternative, but to do it.
    我们别无选择，只能做了。


alternative
[ noun ]
  1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

    2. <noun.cognition>
    what option did I have?
    there no other alternative
    my only choice is to refuse
[ adj ]
  1. serving or used in place of another

    2. <adj.all>
    an alternative plan
  2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

    3. <adj.all>
    alternative possibilities were neutrality or war
  3. pertaining to unconventional choices

    4. <adj.all>
    an alternative life style


Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.]
1. Offering a choice of two things.

2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland.


Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL.
alternativa.]
1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but
not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is
taken, the other must be left.

There is something else than the mere alternative of
absolute destruction or unreformed existence.
--Burke.

2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only,
the two things are called {alternatives}.

Having to choose between two alternatives, safety
and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).

3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.

If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
--Lewis.

With no alternative but death. --Longfellow.

4. A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.

My decided preference is for the fourth and last of
these alternatives. --Gladstone.

  1. "If investors are getting out of stocks, then governments are the safest available alternative," said Charles Lieberman, a managing director at Manufacturers Hanover Securities Corp.
  2. The town may be dying, and though the mall out by the interstate and the Wal-Mart at the edge of town may be providing a commercial alternative to the town, they still haven't replaced the commerce and cohesion of town life.
  3. A leading Republican senator accused fellow GOP lawmakers and conservatives Tuesday of "downright deliberate deceit" in attacks on a major child care package and said the Republican alternative paled in comparison.
  4. Sunflower seeds are a source of an alternative to soybean oil.
  5. Another alternative for investors worried about missing bond calls is to buy U.S. Treasury securities.
  6. The purchase would be a relatively low-cost alternative to building new plants, a company spokesman said. The Portland, Ore., diversified utility has operations in seven states.
  7. Why do we stay in the EMS? A. The government says there is no alternative.
  8. The Twitchells are the second Christian Science parents to be prosecuted in Massachusetts and the first since 1971, when the state amended the child abuse and neglect law to recognize spiritual healing as an alternative to modern medicine.
  9. Expanding on this notion, Ms. Borden has asked: "What is so wrong with renting your body for two shifts a week, when the alternative is a 40-hour-a-week job that makes you so burned out all you can do is come home and watch TV at the end of the day?"
  10. On the $1 coin, Geiger said the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin failed to become popular because it was not easily distinguished from the quarter and because it was introduced as an alternative to the paper dollar, rather than a replacement.
  11. The alternative is to increase treatment of that already collected and not extend collection services,' he explains. 'The problem is that resources are always scarce and environmental demands are always limitless.
  12. The $280 million offering will consist of $55 million of traditional tax-exempt munis, $200 million of bonds subject to the so-called alternative minimum tax and $26 million of fully taxable bonds.
  13. With the hole in balance sheets large and earnings already low, the stock market would look even more vulnerable. Given that the likely alternative is the threat of trade sanctions, the Japanese financial system is in a tough spot.
  14. A group of Democrats, together with one or two Republicans who voted against the president's plan, have been trying to draw up such an alternative.
  15. The insurance company I tried as an alternative did not cover eastern Europe, so I asked my employer, which had some experience in eastern Europe, if it could help.
  16. But in their second lawsuit, lawyers for Col. North said this alternative plan is illegal because it violates the independent-counsel law, which requires that such investigations be conducted outside the Justice Department.
  17. The automakers have opposed any federal requirement for alternative fuel vehicles, arguing the sale of such cars should not be required by the government unless separate measures such as tax incentives also are offered to ensure a market for the vehicles.
  18. An alternative is a later competitor, 'New Leaf' (Shin Yeh), which has several locations in Taipei.
  19. Many Ranger buyers are first-time truck buyers, he said, adding that two-thirds either trade in cars as they buy the Ranger or had a car as an alternative purchase.
  20. It is that the alternative is horrible.
  21. Some are to the left of the bishops and some are to the right." Viewers may tire of a mullah chanting from the Moslem holy book, but there is no alternative when he's on.
  22. "We also believe that GenCorp's board has an obligation to present any alternative transaction it may propose to the GenCorp shareholders in an environment permitting any other offerer, including ourselves, to compete."
  23. But the airline industry has little alternative.
  24. It might not have been necessary for Marc Rich to lodge an alternative defence on the merits on October 1988, but the pleading made it abundantly clear that the primary purpose of the document was to challenge the jurisdiction.
  25. The Founding Fathers concluded there was no alternative to a strong executive after they saw how difficult it was to defend the colonies under the Articles of Confederation of 1777, which had given Congress the upper hand in foreign policy.
  26. It's an alternative way to get two things done at lunch." Marion Barry's lawyer is portraying Rasheeda Moore as a vengeful ex-lover who trapped the mayor in an FBI sting operation because he had abandoned her for another woman.
  27. The agency estimated that retooling to Class C cargo departments could take three years after the ruling goes into effect Sept. 25. The alternative design changes could be accomplished in one year.
  28. One alternative in civil cases is the use of "summary jury trials" in which a six-member jury returns a non-binding, advisory verdict to help each side evaluate its case and encourage a settlement, White said.
  29. They agreed to warn Mr. Lands's stockbroker not to buy municipal bonds subject to alternative minimum tax.
  30. The bank has been emphasising this in marketing efforts. As far as wider competition is concerned, leasing and factoring companies and bank subsidiaries are emphasising the benefits of alternative forms of finance.
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