This is an alternative to using a serial connection.

这种方法是串行连接的一种替代方法。

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Misconception: RUP is an alternative to the PMBOK standard.

误解：RUP是PMBOK标准的备选。

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Werkflow is an alternative to OSWorkflow, but lacks the great user base of it.

Werkflow是OS Workflow的替代选项，但它缺少大量的用户基础。

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This bio-fuel is an alternative to gasoline and is less harmful to the Earth.

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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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I mean is that is thas an alternative way to dealing with the Afghan challenge?

这是不是另外一个途径,处理阿富汗问题？

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" Boston University psychologist Michael Otto adds: "Now there is an alternative to being on the couch.

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He calls it pragmatism: I call it bureaucracy without a soul and there is an alternative to this.

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But there is an alternative to the VAT: serious spending restraint plus growth.

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