alternative 音标拼音: [ɔlt'ɚnətɪv]
a . 两者挑一的,可供选择的
n .
C 可供选择的事物
两者挑一的,可供选择的
C 可供选择的事物
alternative 替代; 选择方案
alternative 替用 替代
alternative adj 1 :
serving or used in place of another ; "
an alternative plan " [
synonym : {
alternate }, {
alternative }, {
substitute }]
2 :
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities ; "
alternative possibilities were neutrality or war "
3 :
pertaining to unconventional choices ; "
an alternative life style "
n 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 " [
synonym : {
option },
{
alternative }, {
choice }]
Alternative \
Al *
ter "
na *
tive \,
a . [
Cf .
F .
alternatif .]
1 .
Offering a choice of two things .
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2 .
Disjunctive ;
as ,
an alternative conjunction .
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3 .
Alternate ;
reciprocal . [
Obs .] --
Holland .
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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 .
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There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence .
--
Burke .
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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 }.
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Having to choose between two alternatives ,
safety and war ,
you obstinately prefer the worse . --
Jowett (
Thucyd .).
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3 .
The course of action or the thing offered in place of another .
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If this demand is refused the alternative is war .
--
Lewis .
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With no alternative but death . --
Longfellow .
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4 .
A choice between more than two things ;
one of several things offered to choose among .
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My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives . --
Gladstone .
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102 Moby Thesaurus words for "
alternative ":
additional ,
agent ,
alternate ,
alternate choice ,
analogy ,
another ,
attainable ,
backup ,
change ,
changeling ,
choice ,
comparison ,
contingency ,
copy ,
counterfeit ,
deputy ,
different ,
discretion ,
discretional ,
disjunctive ,
double ,
druthers ,
dummy ,
election ,
elective ,
equal ,
equivalent ,
ersatz ,
escape clause ,
escape hatch ,
exchange ,
exchangeable ,
fake ,
fill -
in ,
ghost ,
ghostwriter ,
imitation ,
interchangeable ,
locum tenens ,
loophole ,
makeshift ,
metaphor ,
metonymy ,
mock ,
next best thing ,
option ,
optional ,
optionality ,
personnel ,
phony ,
pinch ,
pinch hitter ,
pleasure ,
possibility ,
possible choice ,
preference ,
pretext ,
provisional ,
proxy ,
relief ,
replacement ,
replacing ,
representative ,
reserve ,
reserves ,
ringer ,
saving clause ,
second string ,
secondary ,
selection ,
sign ,
spare ,
spares ,
stand -
in ,
stopgap ,
sub ,
substituent ,
substitute ,
substitution ,
succedaneum ,
superseder ,
supplanter ,
surrogate ,
symbol ,
synecdoche ,
temporary ,
tentative ,
third string ,
token ,
understudy ,
utility ,
utility player ,
variant ,
vicar ,
vicarious ,
vice -
president ,
vice -
regent ,
volitional ,
voluntary ,
way of escape ,
way out ,
will and pleasure
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