alternative uses

基本解释

Ingenious people have found many alternative uses for this tape.
聪明的人们发现了这种带子的许多其他用途。
Absent of scarcity and alternative uses of available resources there is no economic problem.
稀缺的和有可用的替代资源同样会存在经济问题。
In the past there were no economical alternative uses for this gas because its market value was controlled by the price of natural gas which was very low.
过去，炼厂气没有更为经济的用途，因为其市场价值受天然气价格的控制，而那时天然气价格很低。
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And the only workable alternative uses bismuth which has its own supply problems.
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At some point more money held will add less to total utility than alternative uses for it—i.e. lending or investing.
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The resources that will go into repairing earthquake and hurricane damage are resources that have alternative uses—alternative uses that have to be given up.
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