alternative use

基本解释

Because they have an alternative use, of course.
当然是因为它们的日常性用途。
Until recently, however, Silicon Valley did not take much interest in the alternative use of its principal raw material.
然而，直到近几年，硅谷（电子科技产业中心）才开始对这种基础天然物质的其他用途产生兴趣。
The word “opportunity” in “opportunity cost” is actually redundant. The cost of using something is already the value of the highest-valued alternative use.
“机会”这个词在“机会成本”这个词组中实际上多余的，因为我们说到使用一个东西的成本时，就是指这个东西价值最高的其它用途的价值。

"And,that is a very worrisome thing. The alternative,however,is even worse, which is,if we do not use them, then we definitely know that we are not going to be getting any assistance out there,"
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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