alternative

英[ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv]美[ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv]

n.可供选择的事物；

adj.替代的，备选的，另类的；

复数：alternatives;

例句

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。

He listened patiently to what we all had to say before putting across an alternative point of view.在表述不同看法之前，他耐心地听我们的意见。

alternative designation for the class Lycopsida石松纲的另一个名称

They have no alternative but to resign collectively.他们除了集体辞职以外是别无选择了。

Amalgamation was the only alternative to going bankrupt.联合起来是避免破产的唯一途径。

I'm afraid I have no alternative but to report you to the police.恐怕除了向警方告发你以外, 我是别无选择了。

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。

This kind of newspaper is alternative press.这种报纸是非正统性报刊。

These are alternative medicine.这些是非传统性药物。

We returned by the alternative road.我们从另一条路回来的。

英语六级真题

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

可供选择的；可供替代的

If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.

例句

ADJ

备选的；备用的；其他的

An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead.

例句

ADJ

非传统的；另类的

Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern Western society. For example, an alternative lifestyle does not follow conventional ways of living and working.

例句

ADJ

（医疗）传统的，替代的（如提取植物成分制成药物、按摩和针灸）

Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture.

例句

ADJ

（能源）替代的，代用的

Alternative energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power.

英汉词典释义

adj.

两者(或两者以上)择一的，二择其一的，可从数个中任择其一的；(两种选择中)非此即彼的

不寻常的, 非传统性的

非正统的

(两者)互斥的

作为旧风俗习惯(或价值观、思想观念等)的替代物的，替代性的；另类的；非传统的，非正统的，非主流的

n.

取舍, 抉择, 可供选择的事物

选择的余地, 可供选择的机会

可供选择的事物；替换物，替代品

非传统(或他择性)生活方式的追随者(或鼓吹者)

主张(或采取)另类生活方式的人

英英词典释义

Noun

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

Adjective

1. allowing a choice;

2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities;

3. pertaining to unconventional choices;

行业词典

水利： 比较方案；为达到指定的经济发展目标，可供决策者比较选择的、具有同等研究深度的各种工程方案。；

自动化： 备选方案；