alternative
adj[attrib 作定語]
1 available in place of sth else; other 可用以代替其它事物的; 另一可選用的; 其他的
find alternative means of transport 另找一個運輸方法
Have you got an alternative suggestion? 你有沒有其它的建議?
The alternative book to study for the examination is `War and Peace'. 可供應考選讀的另一本書是《戰爭與和平》.
2 (idm 習語) the al,ternative so`ciety people who prefer not to live according to the conventional standards of social behaviour 另擇群體(不循傳統的社會行為準則而生活的人們). alternative n
1 choice of two or more possibilities 可能性中的選擇
You have the alternative of marrying or remaining a bachelor. 你可以結婚也可以仍做單身漢, 任你選擇.
Caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess. 他被當場抓住, 除了招供別無出路.
2 one of two or more possibilities 可能性之一
One of the alternatives open to you is to resign. 你辭職也是個辦法.