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alternative

英[ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv]
美[ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv]

基本释义

  • n.可供选择的事物
  • adj.替代的,备选的; 另类的

词性变化

实用例句

alternative comedy/lifestyles/values

非传统喜剧 / 生活方式 / 价值观

牛津词典

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

替代能源(指太阳能、风能、水能等)

牛津词典

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

你的工资可以按周以现金支取,或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。

牛津词典

We had no alternative but to fire Gibson.

我们别无他法,只有辞退吉布森。

牛津词典

There is a vegetarian alternative on the menu every day.

每天的菜单上另有素食餐点。

牛津词典

an alternative method of doing sth

做某事的其他方法

牛津词典

Do you have an alternative solution?

你有没有别的解决办法?

牛津词典

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

欣然接受60年代另类生活模式而不因循守旧的父母

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

如果你喜欢另类喜剧的话,你就会喜欢这本书。

...alternative health care.

传统的医疗保健

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

关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。

There were alternative methods of travel available...

还有其他可选的旅行方式。

They had a right to seek alternative employment.

他们有权另谋高就。

We returned by the alternative road.

我们从另一条路回来的.

《简明英汉词典》

Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?

是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?

《简明英汉词典》

There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.

他们别无选择,只有投票赞成.

《简明英汉词典》

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

家务劳动给消极地看作是逃避不喜欢的另一种选择——受雇工作.

《简明英汉词典》

These are alternative medicine.

这些是非传统性药物.

《简明英汉词典》

They have no alternative but to resign collectively.

他们除了集体辞职以外是别无选择了.

《简明英汉词典》

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

除了当俘虏之外,惟一的选择就是奋战至死了.

《简明英汉词典》

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

在这四面楚歌的情况下, 他没有别的办法,只好暂时放弃他的计划.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.

驾车者被告知需另寻其他路线。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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

我们很多人都寄望于替代疗法,个中原因从女性看医生所遇到的困难可知一二。

柯林斯例句

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

关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。

柯林斯例句

It seems clear that he has no reasonable alternative.

他没有其他合适的选择,这一点似乎很清楚。

柯林斯例句

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

除书面记录外,可能还有其他方法可以证实。

柯林斯例句

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

我们需要给那些无意间犯了罪的年轻人灌输另一套价值观。

柯林斯例句

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

他想确保学校尽力提供新型教育。

柯林斯例句

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

共和国的法律允许年轻人服某种形式的替代役。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Replacing sugar or salt with alternative ingredients.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

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

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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

出自-2013年6月听力原文

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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 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月四级真题(第二套)阅读 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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月听力原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 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月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

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

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 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月六级真题(第一套)阅读 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月六级真题(第二套)阅读 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年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 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年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

But alternative explanations are hard to find.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

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

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

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年考研阅读原文

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

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

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年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

choice, alternative, preference, option, selection, election

这些名词均含有"选择"之意。

  • choice: 侧重指自由选择的权利或特权。
  • alternative: 指在相互排斥的两者之间作严格的选择,也可指在两者以上中进行选择。
  • preference: 侧重因偏见、爱好或判断等而进行选择。
  • option: 着重特别给予的选择权利或权力,所选物常常相互排斥。
  • selection: 指作广泛的选择,着重选择者的识别力或鉴赏力。
  • election: 强调目的和达到目的判断能力。

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