词汇 | collocation_english_alternative |
释义 | Collocations with alternativeThese are words often used in combination with alternative. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. acceptable alternative British immigrants came from a country where accoucheurs were an increasingly acceptable alternative to midwives. 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 attractive alternative Oral delivery represents another attractive alternative to parenteral injection for large-scale human vaccination. better alternative A much better alternative seems to be to raise (marginal, and to some degree average) water prices, and instead limit rationing. cheap alternative In developing countries, battery-operated spinning disc sprayers are a cheap alternative for resourcepoor farmers. coherent alternative He objects to the "impoverished theoretical agenda" within which we place our review, but does not outline a coherent alternative. community-based alternative The case being studied was the introduction of an organizational change, which was a community-based alternative to the hospital rehabilitation of patients. constructive alternative In the event of defiance, do they offer a constructive alternative, perhaps based on a different normative perspective, or new clinical trial data? convenient alternative Because of geometric limitations, the latter method could not be used and the following, more convenient alternative substituted. cost-effective alternative These techniques require substantial capital investment and skilled personnel; simple, cost-effective alternative detection protocols were therefore developed in this study. credible alternative So the 'instability ' idea to exploded planets is no longer a credible alternative to a planet that formed in the normal way and later exploded. desirable alternative Assuming it is feasible, does basic income, in this sense, represent a desirable alternative to welfare contractualism? economical alternative Thus, a reliable commitment never to defect again - a commitment to correction - can be an economical alternative. effective alternative We conclude that, detachable balloon occlusion of coronary arteryfistulasis a safe and effective alternative to surgical ligation in selected pediatric patients. efficient alternative The study indicated that biological control of house flies can be an efficient alternative to chemical control. feasible alternative A full-fledged annual zero-base budgeting procedure is not a feasible alternative, but recurrent attempts to reconsider policies should be made. generic alternative That independent and professional advice will consider the position of new drugs and whether there is a new suitable generic alternative to replace the branded drug. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 genuine alternative Section 7 argues that ex post prioritarianism was never a genuine alternative to utilitarianism anyway. healthy alternative Sweet potato has been used to be a healthy alternative to french fries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. humane alternative Pasture-based production is associated with many social benefits in addition to offering a more humane alternative to the confinement model6,7. inexpensive alternative I agree that it would be a beneficial provision and useful and inexpensive alternative to receivership proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 logical alternative Williams sets up operant conditioning as the only logical alternative and shows that operant conditioning cannot explain the emergence of facial expressions to pain. only alternative Heart-lung transplantation would appear to be the only alternative, although availability of organs and the known long-term effects of anti-rejection therapy may prove unsurmountable obstacles. plausible alternative They consider plausible alternative explanations, address them with evidence, and promote deeper scientific understanding of evolution and its consequences. practical alternative Based on these biological constraints, we propose a practical alternative to current conservation and breeding strategies. preferable alternative Expanding the reduced-form model with explanatory variables may introduce serious multicollinearity problems, a reason why decomposition analysis is a preferable alternative for investigating the origins of change in emissions. preferred alternative However, the ' screening ' strategy is the preferred alternative for persons 35 years in age. promising alternative This model offers a promising alternative to traditional school system policies. radical alternative The hospice movement began in the 1960s as a radical alternative to traditional cancer care. realistic alternative If this system is capable of producing acceptable results in real-time, it becomes a realistic alternative to the manual insertion of accents. reasonable alternative But to assert that there is always a reasonable alternative that any reasonable person would recognize is to blink reality. safe alternative Primary angioplasty is an effective and safe alternative to thrombolytic therapy. satisfactory alternative So culturally immersed are we that we almost take it for granted that there is no satisfactory alternative to chronology as an indicator of age. sensible alternative One sensible alternative is that males are simply more susceptible to infection than females. sound alternative It is important, though, that sound alternative products are available. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English stark alternative That seems to me to be the stark alternative to a dictatorial imposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 suggested alternative This is a somewhat alarming result, given that the suggested alternative algorithm (stochastic gradient) is just a small deviation from the commonly used least-squares algorithm. suitable alternative Other reasons given for eating in the living room include the lack of a suitable alternative, especially of a sufficiently large kitchen. superior alternative First-best arguments, by contrast, see direct democracy as imperfect in one way or another, and see indirect or representative institutions as a politically superior alternative. sustainable alternative To provide a sustainable alternative strategy to chemical pest control, a diversity of control methods must be integrated into the pest control programme. viable alternative The lack of a viable alternative meant that the existing paradigm was preserved, even in the face of apparent policy failure. workable alternative Did you see a reformed socialist system as a workable alternative? 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