| 单词 | alternative |
| 释义 | alternative adj. & n. --adj 1. (of one or more things) available or usable instead of another (an alternative route). Usage Use with reference to more than two options (e.g. many alternative methods) is common, and acceptable. 2. (of two things) mutually exclusive. 3. of or relating to practices that offer a substitute for the conventional ones (alternative medicine; alternative theatre). --n 1. any of two or more possibilities. 2. the freedom or opportunity to choose between two or more things (I had no alternative but to go). Phrases and idioms the alternative society a group of people dissociating themselves from conventional society and its values. Derivatives alternatively adv. Etymology: F alternatif -ive or med.L alternativus (as ALTERNATE) |
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