(1)have no alternative but to do sth.
别无选择只好做某事
have the alternative of doing sth.
有做某事的选择
there's no alternative ... ......别无选择
an alternative to ... ......的替代品
(2)alternatively adv. 可供选择地
①The way was blocked, so we went by an alternative road.
这条路被挡住了,因此我们走了另一条路。
②There were so many cars held up by the heavy rain on the road that we had no alternative but to_wait (wait).
路上被大雨堵的车太多了,我们只好等待别无选择。
③If you don't like the school lunch, you have the alternative of bringing your own.
要是你不喜欢学校准备的午餐,你可以自己带饭。
[名师点津] (1)alternative通常指两者之间的选择,而choice则指一般意义上的选择。
(2)"别无选择只好做......"的其他表达形式还有: have no choice but to do sth.; can't do sth. but do sth.; can do nothing but do sth.等。在这些结构中若but之前出现实义动词do的某种形式,but之后要用省略to的不定式,否则,but之后的to不能省略。
2.(教材P37)Did they suffer from cold, starvation or disease?
他们遭受过寒冷、饥饿或疾病的痛苦吗?
suffer from 忍受;遭受(疾病、痛苦、困难等)
①Many people in this area are suffering from hunger and cold.
该地区有很多人挨饿受冻。
[辨析比较] suffer from, suffer
suffer(vi.) from 通常表示"遭受战争、自然灾害所带来的苦难"及"患病"之意。suffer from a war/the flood/a headache"遭受战争/洪水/头疼" suffer(vt.) 意为"遭受痛苦、损失;忍受侮辱"等,其宾语通常是pain, loss, punishment, disappointment等
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②He's been suffering_from cancer for two years.
他得癌症已经两年了。
③She's suffering a lot of pain.
她遭受着巨大的痛苦。