亚洲网紅露点

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alternative

[ awl-tur-nuh-tiv, al- ]

noun

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. one of the things, propositions, or courses of action that can be chosen:

    The alternative to riding is walking.

  3. a possible or remaining course or choice:

    There was no alternative but to walk.



adjective

  1. affording a choice of two or more things, propositions, or courses of action.
  2. (of two things, propositions, or courses) mutually exclusive so that if one is chosen the other must be rejected:

    The alternative possibilities are neutrality and war.

  3. employing or following nontraditional or unconventional ideas, methods, etc.; existing outside the establishment:

    an alternative newspaper; alternative lifestyles.

  4. Logic. (of a proposition) asserting two or more choices, at least one of which is true.

alternative

/ 蓴藧濒藞迟蓽藧苍蓹迟瑟惫 /

noun

  1. a possibility of choice, esp between two things, courses of action, etc
  2. either of such choices

    we took the alternative of walking

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. presenting a choice, esp between two possibilities only
  2. (of two things) mutually exclusive
  3. denoting a lifestyle, culture, art form, etc, regarded by its adherents as preferable to that of contemporary society because it is less conventional, materialistic, or institutionalized, and, often, more in harmony with nature
  4. logic another word for disjunctive
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补濒藞迟别谤苍补迟颈惫别濒测, adverb
  • 补濒藞迟别谤苍补迟颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补濒路迟别谤路苍补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 补濒路迟别谤路苍补路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 补濒路迟别谤路苍补路迟颈惫路颈路迟测 [awl-tur-n, uh, -, tiv, -i-tee, al-], noun
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-补濒路迟别谤路苍补路迟颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alternative1

First recorded in 1580鈥90; alternate + -ive
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Synonym Study

See choice.
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Example Sentences

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He said that Lucy "needs to have the best opportunities going forward in the world", and that can "only be done in a placement in an alternative family".

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Nandy has previously said the charge was "deeply regressive" and that she was thinking "quite radically and creatively" about alternatives.

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But while Tanzania can seek alternative markets such as in Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan, Malawi may find it harder to get its goods out of the country.

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Its price more than doubled amid a wave of panic buying and a search for alternative suppliers.

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Mr O'Dwyer had researched alternative routes, but all were "dismissively rejected by you", the judge said.

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