1、Alternative在不同搭配中的含义与翻译（2）中国翻译网 三，表示一个办法（或方案等）以外的另一个办法（或方案等）Alternative前可以用an, the, no( other)等，alternative用单数。alternative后可接 to引出名词或动名词表示原有的办法（或方案等）。例如：1，This is the four-stroke cycle which is in common use. An alternative is the two-stroke cycle, which combin
2、es the exhaust and compression strokes into one. 这就是常用的四冲程循环。另一种循环是两冲程循环，它把排气冲程与压缩冲程合并为一个冲程。2.As an alternative to buying computers, some firms hire them, and the cost per year will be about twenty-five per cent of the cost of buying them. 有些公司租用计算机而不购置计算机，每年的租
3、金约合购置的费用的四分之一。3，We returned by the alternative road. 我们是取道另一条路返回的。4，If the wall units are too large for one crane they are sometimes lifted by two cranes working together. The alternative is to reduce the height of the wall unit, keeping its length equal to the
4、 column spacing. 如果墙体构件太大，一台吊车吊不起来，有时就用两台吊车合力吊起。另一种办法是把墙体构件的高度降低，使构件的长度等于柱间距。5，In 1832 Charles Babbage had no alternative to designing a purely mechanical calculating devices using gears, rods and wheels, but the organization of the machine was very like that o
5、f a modern electronic computer. 1832年，查尔斯·巴比除了设计一台使用齿轮、连杆和轮子的完全机械传动的计算装置之外，没有其他解决方案。但他这部计算机器的结构却很象现代的电子计算机。6，We had to fight: there was no (other) alternatives. 我们只有战斗，别无其他办法。四，表示一个办法外的另几个或几个办法以外的另一个或几个如果只有一个alternative，则前面用an, 有两个以上alternative, 则前面用零位冠词，数词，man
6、y, a number of, other等。alternative后可以接to引出名词或动名词表示原有的办法（或方案等）。例如：1，Computers are very expensive so that unless the firm is fairly large and can use one almost full-time it is uneconomic to rent or buy it. There is an alternative which many small firms take. The
7、y buy microprocessors. 计算机价格昂贵，因此，除非公司相当大又几乎能在全部办公时间内利用计算机，那无论是租用计算机还是购置都是不合算的。很多小公司采用一种变通的办法，就是购置微处理机。2.If a particular item asked for is out of stock, the computer may suggest alternative items which might satisfy the custormer. 如果顾客要买的某种商品缺货，计算机可以推荐一些也许会使顾客满
8、意的代用品。3，Many alternatives to oil and gas are already in use, at least in a small way. 石油和天然气的代用品已有多种投入使用，至少已小有规模地使用。
