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n. 两者择一, 供替代的选择 a. 两者择一的, 供选择的 [计] 选择对象

发音

UK /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
其它
UK /ɔːlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
US /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/
US /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/
CA /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/
AU /ɔlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
NZ /ɒlˈtøː.nə.təv/
NZ /ɔ̟lˈtøː.nə.təv/
IN /ˌɔl.ʈə(r)ˌne.ʈɪʋ/
IN /əl.ʈə(r)ˈne.ʈɪʋ/

词形变化

alternatives 复数 alternatives

别名

Alt. alternatative alt

教材释义与例句

名词

二中择一；供替代的选择

something you can choose to do or use instead of something else

形容词

供选择的；选择性的；交替的

Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.

  2. 2.

    One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

  3. 3.

    The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

  4. 4.

    alternative rock

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  5. 5.

    A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.

    Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.

adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

    选项

    an alternative proposition

  2. 2.

    Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

    Presenting two or more alternatives.

    语言学

    alternative conjunctions like or

  3. 3.

    Other; different from something else.

  4. 4.

    Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.

    另类

    alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock

  5. 5.

    Alternate, reciprocal.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

choice option

上位词 2

deciding decision-making

下位词 8

opening possibility default preference impossibility druthers Hobson's choice obverse
形容词

同义词 1

alternate

近义相关 3

secondary unconventional disjunctive

相关短语

alternative medicine 非传统医学 alternative vote alternative dispute resolution 替代性纠纷解决方式 alternative lifestyle alternative country alternative rock 另类摇滚 alternative energy 替代能源；新能源 alternative lifestyles alternative universe alternative hypothesis [计] 择一假设 [化] 备择假设 alternative algebra alternative hypotheses alternative universes alternative RNA splicing alternative press

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin alternus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin alternō Latin alternātus Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). By surface analysis, alternate + -ive. Compare alternate.

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