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基本釋義

n.
可供選擇的事物
adj.
替代的,備選的; 另類的

詞性變化

實用例句

alternative comedy/lifestyles/values

非傳統(tǒng)喜劇 / 生活方式 / 價值觀

牛津詞典

alternative energy (= electricity or power that is produced using the energy from the sun, wind, water, etc.)

替代能源(指太陽能、風能、水能等)

牛津詞典

You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives.

你的工資可以按周以現(xiàn)金支取,或按月以支票支取。二者可選其一。

牛津詞典

We had no alternative but to fire Gibson.

我們別無他法,只有辭退吉布森。

牛津詞典

There is a vegetarian alternative on the menu every day.

每天的菜單上另有素食餐點。

牛津詞典

an alternative method of doing sth

做某事的其他方法

牛津詞典

Do you have an alternative solution?

你有沒有別的解決辦法?

牛津詞典

...unconventional parents who embraced the alternative lifestyle of the Sixties...

欣然接受60年代另類生活模式而不因循守舊的父母

If you like alternative comedy you'll love this book.

如果你喜歡另類喜劇的話,你就會喜歡這本書。

...alternative health care.

傳統(tǒng)的醫(yī)療保健

New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

關(guān)節(jié)炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。

There were alternative methods of travel available...

還有其他可選的旅行方式。

They had a right to seek alternative employment.

他們有權(quán)另謀高就。

We returned by the alternative road.

我們從另一條路回來的.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?

是否有可以取代核威懾力量的可靠辦法?

《簡明英漢詞典》

There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.

他們別無選擇,只有投票贊成.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative — employment work.

家務(wù)勞動給消極地看作是逃避不喜歡的另一種選擇——受雇工作.

《簡明英漢詞典》

These are alternative medicine.

這些是非傳統(tǒng)性藥物.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They have no alternative but to resign collectively.

他們除了集體辭職以外是別無選擇了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The only alternative to being taken prisoner was to die fighting.

除了當俘虜之外,惟一的選擇就是奮戰(zhàn)至死了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Finding himself under fire from all quarters, he had no alternative but to abandon his scheme for the time being.

在這四面楚歌的情況下, 他沒有別的辦法,只好暫時放棄他的計劃.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.

駕車者被告知需另尋其他路線。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The difficulties women encounter with their doctors partly explain why so many of us are looking to alternative therapies.

我們很多人都寄望于替代療法,個中原因從女性看醫(yī)生所遇到的困難可知一二。

柯林斯例句

New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

關(guān)節(jié)炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。

柯林斯例句

It seems clear that he has no reasonable alternative.

他沒有其他合適的選擇,這一點似乎很清楚。

柯林斯例句

There may be alternative methods of substantiation other than written records.

除書面記錄外,可能還有其他方法可以證實。

柯林斯例句

We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values.

我們需要給那些無意間犯了罪的年輕人灌輸另一套價值觀。

柯林斯例句

He wants to make sure that schools are committed to providing alternative education.

他想確保學(xué)校盡力提供新型教育。

柯林斯例句

The republic's legislation enables young people to do a form of alternative service.

共和國的法律允許年輕人服某種形式的替代役。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Replacing sugar or salt with alternative ingredients.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽簽),such as H-B Wood lawn in Arlington, Va.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are certainly being funded and developed, and will play a growingrolein the world's energy supply.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

But experts say that even when combined , alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world's energy needs by

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

For example, even with significantinvestments, such as the $93 million for wind energy development included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels comprise only about 1% of the market today

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot solutions ons both traditional and alternative

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Already there are many alternative fuel vehicles on the market, powered by anything from solar power to natural gas.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

But as we all know, of all these alternative fuel vehicles, the most practical are electric vehicles

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

So when I apologize, I usually choose in-person first, or a phone conversation as my top alternative, and Maybe a handwritten note next.

2018年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.

2018年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

We've surveyed business communication consultants and etiquette experts to come up with the following guidelines for effectively using the alternative ways of delivering difficult messages.

2018年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

But the Food and Drug Administration has not approved Avastin for use in the eye, and using it rather than the alternative, Lucentis, might carry an additional, although slight, safety risk.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Agencies often produce alternative ads or commercials that are pre-tested in newspapers, television stations, etc.

出自-2015年12月聽力原文

Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the US dollar for the $

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

What are suggested as renewable and less-polluting energy alternatives?

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

One way of responding to your boss's suggestion is to explain the possible consequences to her and offer an alternative solution.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

As for the meat, Smith says his grass-fed hamburger will be priced 20-25% over the conventional alternative.

2019年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

2018年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

Customers can bring shoes of any brand into an Adidas store to be shredded and turned into alternative fuels for energy creation instead of being burned as trash.

2019年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

For many, shopping online was "a more comfortable alternative" than crowded malls.

2017年6月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section B

I suspect that some experts in the field will be keen to address alternative explanations, such as unassessed variables playing a role in the well-being decline.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

with fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

Art students making a good living with these statistics/data/analyses in mind, art students need not worry about their career and have an alternative plan.

2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 填空題 原文

As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers have come up with alternatives to the traditional work environments of the past.

2015年高考英語上海卷 選詞填空 原文

But alternative explanations are hard to find.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 單項填空 原文

They tend to keep a tighter hold on their purse and consider eating at home a realistic alternative.

出自-2010年考研閱讀原文

While traditional “paid” media – such as television commercials and print advertisements – still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media.

出自-2011年考研閱讀原文

There is no doubt of the alternative–the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain or Ireland.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

What Washington does – or doesn't do – to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.

2018年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

While traditional "paid" media – such as television commercials and print advertisements – still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media.

2011年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;

    "what option did I have?"

    "there no other alternative"

    "my only choice is to refuse"

Adjective
  • 1. allowing a choice;

    "an alternative plan"

  • 2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities;

    "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"

  • 3. pertaining to unconventional choices;

    "an alternative life style"

同義詞辨析

choice, alternative, preference, option, selection, election

這些名詞均含有"選擇"之意。

  • choice: 側(cè)重指自由選擇的權(quán)利或特權(quán)。
  • alternative: 指在相互排斥的兩者之間作嚴格的選擇,也可指在兩者以上中進行選擇。
  • preference: 側(cè)重因偏見、愛好或判斷等而進行選擇。
  • option: 著重特別給予的選擇權(quán)利或權(quán)力,所選物常常相互排斥。
  • selection: 指作廣泛的選擇,著重選擇者的識別力或鑒賞力。
  • election: 強調(diào)目的和達到目的判斷能力。

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