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词汇 example_english_cheap-alternative
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cheap alternative

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meanings of cheapand alternative


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cheap
adjective
uk /tʃiːp/ us /tʃiːp/
costing little money or less than is usual ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/ us /ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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Examples of cheap alternative


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In developing countries, battery-operated spinning disc sprayers are a cheapalternative for resourcepoor farmers.
It offered a cheapalternative to governmental social agencies.
In their wake has come junk faxing, the cheapalternative to direct mailing and tele-selling, by which salesmen can send out thousands of advertisements each day.
It is incorrect to view a central discontinuance fund as a cheapalternative to the minimum funding requirement.
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However, if it is to be properly instituted, community care will not be a cheapalternative.
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No economic good can come from making part-time workers a cheapalternative to full-time workers.
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This should not be seen as a cheapalternative to probation work.
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That must be good, but we must recognise that it is not a cheapalternative to residential accommodation.
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One of the hopes of bringing the price of oil down is if we have a cheapalternative fuel; otherwise, cost inflation is absolutely unlimited.
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Far too many people believe that community care is a cheapalternative.
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In creating lettings for the associations, the scheme provides a cheapalternative that offers value for money.
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It is only said that there is no equally cheapalternative.
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They are a cheapalternative.
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Caring at home is a cheapalternative.
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Equally, it was clear from the witnesses that there is a shared acceptance of the fact that care in the community is not a cheapalternative to institutional care.
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He cannot go for a cheapalternative.
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It is a mistake for those outside the health and social services sector to look upon community care as some sort of unskilled cheapalternative to hospital-based services.
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This is a relatively cheapalternative, because the plane is cheap to buy and run and the launches are fast and again relatively cheap to run.
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Metal stock tanks have also been used as a cheapalternative for a hot tub.
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By providing a cheapalternative, photography supplanted much of the lowest level of portrait painting.
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