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| | alternative | (ออลเทอ' นะทิฟว) n. ทางเลือก, ของที่จะเลือก, วิธีการที่พอจะเลือกได้, อีกทางหนึ่ง, อีกวิธีการหนึ่ง. -adj. ซึ่งให้เลือกได้ระหว่างสอง (สิ่ง, วิธีการ) . -alternativeness, alternativity n., Syn. preference, alternate |
| | | | | | | Alternative | a. [ Cf. F. alternatif. ] 1. Offering a choice of two things. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Alternate; reciprocal. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] | Alternative | n. [ Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa. ] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. [ 1913 Webster ] There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives. [ 1913 Webster ] Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. [ 1913 Webster ] If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ] With no alternative but death. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. [ 1913 Webster ] My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ] | Alternatively | adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things. [ 1913 Webster ] | Alternativeness | n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | 大字 | [だいじ, daiji] (n) (1) large character; (2) alternative kanji used for numbers #1,779 [Add to Longdo] | 代替(P);代替え | [だいたい(代替)(P);だいがえ, daitai ( daitai )(P); daigae] (n, vs) (1) substitution; alternation; (adj-f, adj-no) (2) alternative; substitute; (P) #3,544 [Add to Longdo] | ダブル | [daburu] (n, adj-f) (1) double; twin; (n) (2) (alternative to ハーフ) (See ハーフ・2) someone of mixed race; (P) #4,526 [Add to Longdo] | 選択肢 | [せんたくし, sentakushi] (n) choices; alternatives; options; (P) #7,520 [Add to Longdo] | スキン | [sukin] (n) (1) skin; (2) (col) condom; (3) { comp } skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program); (P) #14,881 [Add to Longdo] | ICタグ | [アイシータグ, aishi-tagu] (n) IC tag (integrated circuit tag, used as an alternative to bar codes) [Add to Longdo] | エコステーション | [ekosute-shon] (n) a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels [Add to Longdo] | オールターナティブ | [o-ruta-nateibu] (adj-na) alternative [Add to Longdo] | オールターナティブスクール | [o-ruta-nateibusuku-ru] (n) alternative school [Add to Longdo] | オールターナティブスペース | [o-ruta-nateibusupe-su] (n) alternative space [Add to Longdo] |
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