alternative 的 2 个定义
- a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- one of the things, propositions, or courses of action that can be chosen: The alternative to riding is walking.
- a possible or remaining course or choice: There was no alternative but to walk.
- affording a choice of two or more things, propositions, or courses of action.
- mutually exclusive so that if one is chosen the other must be rejected: The alternative possibilities are neutrality and war.
- employing or following nontraditional or unconventional ideas, methods, etc.; existing outside the establishment: an alternative newspaper; alternative lifestyles.
- Logic. asserting two or more choices, at least one of which is true.
alternative 近义词
other, alternate
alternative 的近义词 8 个
possible choice
更多alternative例句
- Similarly, representatives from Quaker tell Eater that rice cakes were first launched as “a low-carb alternative to bread” in the mid-’80s.
- If you’re looking for something to help you get healthier and more active, or just an alternative to your current workout routine, look for tiktoks with specific instructions.
- The technology essentially combines the performance benefits of the diesel engine design with the low costs and the low emissions associated with these alternative fuels, co-founder and CEO BJ Johnson said in a recent interview with TechCrunch.
- There are, today, a large number of groups that continue to spread misleading health information or push users to try alternative or untested cures.
- The coronavirus pandemic is set to change the way millions of Americans can vote in November, as states expand access to mail-in voting as a safer alternative to in-person voting.
- Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
- It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
- Already, 10 Republicans have declared they will vote for an alternative candidate and more seemed poised to join.
- No longer does it constitute a reliable, middle class-based alternative to the corporatist mindset of the Republicans.
- Another dark horse, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, was finding little traction in his efforts to become a centrist alternative.
- "I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.
- He had no alternative; he had as large interests in England as in Scotland, and armed opposition was out of the question.
- Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
- Comyn chose the latter alternative; and the agreement was guaranteed by oaths and embodied in indentures duly sealed.
- The future composer had no alternative but to study these works in pianoforte arrangements.