The only alternative is to become a species who heroically reach for the stars -- only to smack into a wall of our own trash.

如果做不到这点，我们只能变成这么一个物种：百折不挠地向外空群星进发，却只能撞到由我们的垃圾组成的墙上。

youdao

To long-term security and stability in the market to profit, the only alternative is to buy some in the formal intervention, this is the only way!

要想长期安全稳定的在市场中去获利，唯一的方案就是在正规买点介入，这是唯一的方法！

youdao

The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting.

另外唯一可行的办法就是推迟会期。

《牛津词典》

"These regimes then turn to the U.S.and say, 'Well,the only alternative to us is the Islamists, so you must support us.'

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Shelly Kagan So the only alternative seems to be to say that neither of us is Shelly Kagan.

所以唯一的选择是说我们都不是。

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He says that to him, jihad is the only alternative left for him and his family.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

The only alternative is to tie him to the bed and ignore his screams.

ECONOMIST: New fiction 1

The only alternative is to renege on those commitments, by raising the retirement age or cutting back on benefits.

ECONOMIST: The perils of privatisation | The

The only alternative is to risk anger among all races by clinging to minority rule to protect its patronage system.

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