President Obama said a government-run insurance option as an alternative to private insurers is one part of Democrat's health care proposal, adding he is willing to address legitimate concerns Republicans have.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

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“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

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

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Although not the only controversial aspect of reform proposals put forward by Democrats and supported by the president, a proposed government-run insurance option as an alternative to plans offered to Americans by private companies has drawn the most attention.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Last day, Professor Ballinger Lewis introduced you to Lewis who taught us that octet stability could be achieved via electron sharing as an alternative to electron transfer.

昨天，ballinger教授,把我介绍给,他教我们八隅律可以,作为电子传递的方式,可以通过共享电子来实现。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

But at some point in the eighteenth century, the mask seemed informally to acquire an alternative title, Comus, and it's as Comus that all readers since have almost always referred to the mask -- and this, of course, is a mistake.

但在18世纪的某个时候，《面具》似乎还有一个不太正式的名，《Comus》,因为《Comus》，后来读者都将它代指《面具》了,当然这是一个错误。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选