Alternative、Preference和Election均含有“选择”之意。

Alternative: 可供选择的；可供选择的事物

an alternative method其他方法

an alternative solution 别的解决办法

an alternative strategy 其他的策略

alternative medicine 替代医学

have no alternative 别无他法

Preference: 偏爱，偏好；更喜欢的人（或物）

personal preference 个人喜好

study of consumer preferences 消费者偏好调查

Option:选择的事物；选择；选择权；选择的自由

Soft option 捷径

As I see it, we have two options... 据我看，我们有两种选择…

I had no option but to ask him to leave. 我别无选择，只有请他离开。

Election: 选举，推选（尤指从政）

election campaigns/results 竞选运动；选举结果

to win/lose an election 在选举中获胜╱失败

to fight an election 参加竞选

to vote in an election 参加投票选举

对应参考双语例句：

Some of the current initiatives which require on-going efforts include: review of the hawker licensing policy, review of the provision of public markets, monitoring the construction of a new wholesale fish market at Tuen Mun by the Fish Marketing Organization, taking forward plans to provide more government cemeteries, columbaria and crematoria, identifying and promoting the use of alternative options for human ash disposal (e.g. provision of new Gardens of Remembrance), co-ordinating the anti-mosquito efforts of various departments to prevent the outbreak of dengue fever and Japanese Encephalitis, converting all aqua privies into flushing toilets, and amending the Pesticides Ordinance to strengthen control on the import and export as well as the use of pesticides.

目前，部分持续进行的工作包括：检讨小贩发牌政策；检讨公众街巿设施的供应；监察鱼类统营处在屯门兴建新的鱼类批发巿场的工作；推展增加政府坟场、灵灰安置所及火葬场的计划；寻求和推广处理骨灰的其他方法(例如闢设新的纪念花园) ；统筹各部门的控蚊工作，以防止登革热和日本脑炎的爆发；将所有乡村旱厕改为冲水式厕所；以及修订《除害剂条例》以加强对除害剂进出口和使用的管制。

When you register with BTS, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your city, your story, your relation to breast cancer, any photo you upload as your profile picture and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.

当您在BTS注册时，您向我们提供一些特定的个人信息，例如您的姓名、电子邮件地址、城市、故事、与乳癌的关系、您作为资料图片上传的任何相片以及您向我们提供的任何其他个人或偏好信息。

Another option is the possibility of producing only one limited volume, while annexes and technical details would be placed online.

另一种选择方案是，只出页数有限的一卷，而将附件和技术性细节放在网站上。

There is also a need to address soft issues in democracy building, such as election context, the rule of law, respect for diversity, peaceful mediation of conflicts, and acceptance of election results.

还要解决民主建设方面的软性问题，例如选举环境、法治、尊重多样性、和平调解争端、以及接受选举结果。

来源：译问