刻意不走主流的那一條
從「代替原本那個」延伸到「代替大家慣常那一套」：你刻意挑那扇別人不走的門。
unconventional · adjective · B2
Different on purpose from what most people do or what is usual or traditional.
另類的
核心畫面
You can picture an alternative as the other door — there's the one thing in front of you, and then a second choice you could take instead of it. The heart of the word is that 'instead of': not just any option, but one offered as a stand-in for the first.
可以想成：alternative 是「另一扇門」——眼前已經有一個東西，而你還有第二個選擇，可以拿來「代替」它。這個…更多收起
可以想成：alternative 是「另一扇門」——眼前已經有一個東西，而你還有第二個選擇，可以拿來「代替」它。這個字的核心就在那個「代替」：不是隨便一個選項，而是擺出來頂替原本那個的另一個。From the word’s history
From Latin 'alter' = the other (of two). The word carries that 'one or the other' core: a second thing standing opposite the first.
源自拉丁文 alter，意為「兩者中的另一個」。這個字帶著「二選一」的底色：一個東西站在原本那個的對面，當作另一條路。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'alternative'
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Also in this word
another option · noun · B2
Another thing that you could choose to do or use in place of the first one.
替代選項
usable instead · adjective · B2
Able to be used or chosen instead of the one you already have.
替代的
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
alternativeadj/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
- 1
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- an alternative proposition
- There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs.
- 2
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesRelating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- alternative conjunctions like or
- 3
Other; different from something else.
- Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness.
- 4
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock
- 5
obsoleteAlternate, reciprocal.
- He [the Sun] it is that giveth light to all things, and riddeth them from darkneſſe : hee hideth the other ſtarres, and ſheweth them againe : he ordereth the ſeaſons in their alternative courſe : he tempereth the yeere, ariſing ever freſh and new againe, for the benefite and good of the world.
alternativenoun/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/
- 1
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay.
- “The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed—“Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?”
- 2
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.
- 3
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- 4
entertainmentlifestylemusicalternative rock
- 5
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
- Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。