Alternative

(adj.) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; 'alternative possibilities were neutrality or war' .

(adj.) pertaining to unconventional choices; 'an alternative life style' .

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• Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Or could Bertha--the dread alternative sprang on her suddenly--could Bertha, left to herself, have gone ashore to rejoin him? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Back again, to-night, to the dreadful alternative between the opium and the pain! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The alternative was that someone passing had observed the key in the door, had known that I was out, and had entered to look at the papers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• There was no alternative. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• As that gentleman had his hands entangled in his cravat, he had no alternative but to follow him to the floor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Unfortunately, madam, I had no possible alternative. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The alternative was filled with risk--in fact it was all risk, with but a slender chance of success. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Does your ladyship accept that alternative? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• This feature he afterward abandoned, adopting the single knife, described by him as an alternative. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But as I say, what's the alternative. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Meanwhile, as October advanced she had to face the alternative of returning to the Trenors or joining her aunt in town. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Ah, I see; I might have known you were fully provided with alternatives. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In the third place, it makes choice of alternatives possible. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Mrs. Bry, to Mrs. Fisher's despair, had not progressed beyond the point of weighing her social alternatives in public. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• So it is proposed to cut down the number of elective offices, focus the attention on a few alternatives, and turn voting into a fairly intelligent performance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• No bracing critical atmosphere plays about his mind: there are no cleansing doubts and fruitful alternatives. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It certainly did that; but what are your alternatives? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• What will fascinate us in the past will be the records of inventions, of great choices, of those alternatives on which destiny seems to hang. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• On looking back to the entry referring to the lawyer's visit, we found that my recollection of the two alternatives presented was accurately correct. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But it did not suit Mr. Lennox to drive her to the first of these alternatives; so he went on. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• There were two alternatives proposed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She declined both alternatives. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Just so, Sir Percival--just so; but there are two alternatives in all transactions, and we lawyers like to look both of them in the face boldly. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The fuller one's conception of possible future achievements, the less his present activity is tied down to a small number of alternatives. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

校对:斯宾塞