The chemical compound, ethanol, has risen in recent years as the most viable alternative to fossil fuels.

化合物乙醇近年来作为最可行的化石燃料替代品开始兴起。

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The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major political parties.

绿党成员们将自己视为与两大政党截然不同的选择。

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Community service is seen as the only credible alternative to imprisonment.

除监禁外，社区劳动被看作是唯一可接受的选择。

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The services available range from complicated cardiac surgery, to cosmetic surgery to dentistry and even alternative care, such as Chinese medicine,yoga and traditional Ayurvedic treatments.

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It is--at least, it puts itself out there as a candidate to be an alternative term that one might use if one got tired of saying "irony" or "paradox."

如果“讽刺“，“悖论“一类的词,用的太多,可以用“朦胧“来替换“

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Peter, as Lindsey Hughes has argued, was highly suspicious of any alternative to state service, especially the monastic way of life, which I've already said.

正如林赛·休斯所说的那样,彼得对任何以其他方式服务国家的行为,都持怀疑态度,尤其是僧侣生活,这我在前面已经提到过了

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China has signaled that it will help to bail out the EU economies, if only because it wants to have the euro as alternative to the US dollar.

FORBES: 2011: For China, It's The Year Of Living Dangerously

The same hardware in Enable Talk could easily be adapted to make keyboard commands faster or even be used as an alternative to a mouse, just as the Leap Motion is aiming to do through a completely different approach.

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The buy-to-let market, which many have turned to as an alternative to unsatisfactory pension investments, is looking less attractive as surveyors report a decline in rents.

ECONOMIST: Housing