alternative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/    美 /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/|/ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/|/ɔlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
    — I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay.
  2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
    — Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.
  3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
  4. alternative rock uncountable
  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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. not-comparable
    — an alternative proposition
  2. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.; Presenting two or more alternatives. not-comparable
    — alternative conjunctions like or
  3. Other; different from something else. not-comparable
    — Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness.
  4. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. not-comparable
    — alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
  5. Alternate, reciprocal. not-comparable,obsolete
    — He [the Sun] it is that giveth light to all things, and riddeth them from darkneſſe : hee hideth the other ſtarres, and ſheweth them againe : he ordereth the ſeaſons in their alternative courſe : he tempereth the yeere, ariſing ever freſh and new againe, for the benefite and good of the world.

词形变化

alternatives plural

词汇关系

近义词
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:option
反义词
different opposing
衍生词
alternapop alternarock alternateen alternative algebra alternative archaeology alternative beta alternative brit alternative cannabinoid alternative country alternative denial alternative dispute resolution alternative energy alternative episcopal oversight alternative fact alternative fashion alternative fertilization alternative fuel alternative fund alternative hip hop alternative hip-hop alternative historian alternative history alternative hypothesis alternative investment alternative investment fund alternative left alternative liability alternative lifestyle alternative medicine alternative metal alternative minimum tax alternative music alternative pop alternative press alternative provision alternative right alternative RNA splicing alternative rock alternative school alternative service alternative timeline alternative tourism alternative universe alternative vote alternativist alternativity altlang coalternative dark alternative scene mallternative malternative multialternative nonalternative unalternative adult album alternative adult alternative
相关词
alternate alternativeness alternativism variant

词源

词源 1
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 *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
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.
词源 2
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 *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
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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