Despite all theadvancesinmodernmedicine,demandfor alternativetherapiesandfaithhealingkeepsgrowing.
In Los Angeles manycompaniesencouragetheiremployeesto use alternativemeansoftransportation,ratherthan thecar.
Doctors thesedaystendto be moreopen-mindedabout alternativemedicine.
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Alternate(ly),alternative(ly)
The adjective alternate and the adverb alternately mean ‘first one thing, then another thing and then the first thing again’. When we refer to time, we can also use the phrase every other day, every other week, etc.…
Alternate(ly)
The adjective alternate and the adverb alternately mean ‘first one thing, then another thing and then the first thing again’. When we refer to time, we can also use the phrase every other day, every other week, etc.…
Alternative(ly)
Alternative(ly) means ‘something that is different and unusual and offers a possible choice’:…
alternative
noun[C]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
B2
something that is different from somethingelse,especiallyfrom what isusual, andofferingthepossibilityofchoice:
（尤指不同于平常事物的）可供选择的事物；可供选择的解决办法
an alternativetocoffee咖啡代用品
There must be an alternativetopeoplesleepingon thestreets.一定要想法解决街头露宿者的问题。
I'mafraidI havenoalternativebut toaskyou toleave(= that is what I have to do).恐怕我别无选择，只有让你离开。
Synonym
option
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Carob is sometimes used insweetfoodsas ahealthieralternative tochocolate.
Solarpoweris now aviablealternative tooil-firedwaterheaters.
The alternative is totunnelaroutethrough themountain.
In theabsenceof anybetteralternative, we will have toproceedwith theoriginalplan.
Imposingsanctionsis amoderateactionwhen youconsiderthat the alternative ismilitaryintervention.
Each region in the mixing-length profile was then interpreted physically andalternative, physically based equations identified.
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The model should be replaced only if analternativemodel is proposed which provides a better summary of the 81 tasks.
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Distinguishing between these twoalternativehypotheses has important implications for the behaviour of political parties.
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The reader can see that there are no quantifiers overalternativepaths.
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Over the past decade or so, there has been active development ofalternativetime-frequency representation schemes, independent of computer music research and largely theoretical.
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Anxiety about the relativist abyss in which 'all pasts are equal' has thwarted efforts to evaluate alternatives to 'objective science'.
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Search for alternatives can similarly be random or ordered.
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The approach is a consequence of a new sequential tabling scheme based on dynamic reordering of alternatives with variant calls.
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As thealternativefor the stiff systems (having high ratio gears, high friction, etc.) we propose to use the tactile sensors.
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There are at least threealternativeexplanations for our results other than evidence of a transmission cost to inducing symptoms.
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But then one would be deploying analternativeconclusion of justice; one would not challenge it in the name of one of the rival claims.
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Here, then, analternativeexplanation of the equitable man is required.
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The sample is then split in twoalternativeways, first by the quality of government, and then by income level.
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The behavioral result is that activation in this pathway is thought to facilitate top-down goal-oriented behavior and thereby simultaneously suppressalternativenongoal-oriented behaviors.
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The effects ofalternativeassumptions about income growth are straightforward.
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acceptable alternative
British immigrants came from a country where accoucheurs were an increasingly acceptable alternative to midwives.
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affordable alternative
People will not be persuaded to use cars less by this mechanism, because of the absence of public transport, unless there is an efficient, reliable and affordable alternative.
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attractive alternative
Oral delivery represents another attractive alternative to parenteral injection for large-scale human vaccination.
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