Alternative
[ɔːl'tɜːnətɪv;ɒl-] or [ɔl'tɝnətɪv]
解释:
(adj.) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; 'alternative possibilities were neutrality or war' .
(adj.) pertaining to unconventional choices; 'an alternative life style' .
埃迪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Offering a choice of two things.
(a.) Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
(a.) Alternate; reciprocal.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
(n.) A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
乔安娜录入
同义词及近义词:
n. Choice (between two things).
校对:斯坦顿
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Choice, resource, opinion
ANT:Compulsion, quandary, necessity, fix
整理:昆廷
例句:
- Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Back again, to-night, to the dreadful alternative between the opium and the pain! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The alternative was that someone passing had observed the key in the door, had known that I was out, and had entered to look at the papers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- There was no alternative. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- As that gentleman had his hands entangled in his cravat, he had no alternative but to follow him to the floor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Unfortunately, madam, I had no possible alternative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The alternative was filled with risk--in fact it was all risk, with but a slender chance of success. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Does your ladyship accept that alternative? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- This feature he afterward abandoned, adopting the single knife, described by him as an alternative. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- But as I say, what's the alternative. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Meanwhile, as October advanced she had to face the alternative of returning to the Trenors or joining her aunt in town. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Ah, I see; I might have known you were fully provided with alternatives. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- In the third place, it makes choice of alternatives possible. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Mrs. Bry, to Mrs. Fisher's despair, had not progressed beyond the point of weighing her social alternatives in public. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- So it is proposed to cut down the number of elective offices, focus the attention on a few alternatives, and turn voting into a fairly intelligent performance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- No bracing critical atmosphere plays about his mind: there are no cleansing doubts and fruitful alternatives. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It certainly did that; but what are your alternatives? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- What will fascinate us in the past will be the records of inventions, of great choices, of those alternatives on which destiny seems to hang. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- On looking back to the entry referring to the lawyer's visit, we found that my recollection of the two alternatives presented was accurately correct. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But it did not suit Mr. Lennox to drive her to the first of these alternatives; so he went on. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- There were two alternatives proposed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She declined both alternatives. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Just so, Sir Percival--just so; but there are two alternatives in all transactions, and we lawyers like to look both of them in the face boldly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The fuller one's conception of possible future achievements, the less his present activity is tied down to a small number of alternatives. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
校对:斯宾塞