Alternative
[ɔːl'tɜːnətɪv;ɒl-] or [ɔl'tɝnətɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; 'alternative possibilities were neutrality or war' .
(adj.) pertaining to unconventional choices; 'an alternative life style' .
埃迪校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
乔安娜錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Choice (between two things).
校對:斯坦顿
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Choice, resource, opinion
ANT:Compulsion, quandary, necessity, fix
整理:昆廷
例句/造句/用法:
- Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Back again, to-night, to the dreadful alternative between the opium and the pain! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- There was no alternative. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Unfortunately, madam, I had no possible alternative. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The alternative was filled with risk--in fact it was all risk, with but a slender chance of success. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Does your ladyship accept that alternative? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- This feature he afterward abandoned, adopting the single knife, described by him as an alternative. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But as I say, what's the alternative. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Meanwhile, as October advanced she had to face the alternative of returning to the Trenors or joining her aunt in town. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Ah, I see; I might have known you were fully provided with alternatives. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- In the third place, it makes choice of alternatives possible. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mrs. Bry, to Mrs. Fisher's despair, had not progressed beyond the point of weighing her social alternatives in public. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- No bracing critical atmosphere plays about his mind: there are no cleansing doubts and fruitful alternatives. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It certainly did that; but what are your alternatives? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- 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. 威爾基·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. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- There were two alternatives proposed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She declined both alternatives. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- 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. 威爾基·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. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
校對:斯宾塞