每日一词48/11.21/alternative

1. 释义：something that you can choose instead of something else

2. 理解：alternative有形容词和名词用法，作为名词，它表示“可供替代的”，用法简洁。我们想表达“选择”时，除了"choice""altinate",可用"alternative"。

alternative to, A is an alternative to B,“A是B的替代品”“代替B的另一做法A”

There is no alternative.(别无选择）

There is always an alternative to "There is no alternative".

3. 应用

1）翻译：如今，许多美国大学除了接受托福成绩，也接受雅思成绩。

Many universities in the United States now accept the IELTS as an alternatice to the TOEFL.

2) 造句

For my puppy dog, there is no alternative to her favrite delicious bone.(我家狗狗最爱她的美味骨头）