1. 在 have no choice but这一结构中,其后通常要接带to的不定式,表示“除了做…以外,别无选择”或“只好做…”:
I had no choice but to sign the contract.
我别无选择,只好签了合同。
He had no choice but to leave.
除了离去,他别无选择。
He will have no choice but to ally himself with the new movement.
他除了与新运动结盟别无选择。
She has no choice but to retreat from public life.
她别无选择,只能退出公众生活。
The manager had no choice but to pay those unwilling helpers.
经理没有办法,只好付钱给那些不情愿的帮忙者。
We had no choice but to do what we were asked.
出于无奈,我们只得照要求的做了。
I had no choice but to wait. 除了等,我没有别的选择。
I had no choice but to cancel my holiday. 我只能取消假期,别无选择。
He had no choice but to accept (= He had to accept). 他别无选择只能接受。
They had little choice but to agree to what he suggested.
他们别无选择,只好接受他的提议。
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司几乎别无选择,只能裁员。
Republicans acknowledged that they had little choice but to mount an all-out offensive on the Democratic nominee.
共和党人承认他们别无选择,只有对获提名的民主党人展开全面攻击。
2. 表示在某范围内选择时,以下几点需注意(注意搭配):
(1) 在两者之间选择(注意 between 的使用):
At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu.
午餐可以吃自助餐,也可以选套餐。
women forced to make a choice between family and career.
被迫在家庭和事业之间作出抉择的妇女
He has to make a choice between the two books.
他得在这两本书中选择一本。
You must make [have] a choice between this and that. =
You must make [have] the choice of this or that.
这样东西和那样东西你必须选择其一。
上面最后一组句子的结构不能混淆,如不能说:
You must make [have] a choice of this or that. (http://ask.hxen.com/)
(2) 在三者或三者之上选择(注意 among 的使用):
Beer is the drink of choice among sports fans. 啤酒是受体育爱好者喜爱的饮品。
She was asked to make a choice among the three. 她被要求在这三者当中选择一个。
(3) 在不明确范围选择:
They have no choice left. 他们别无选择。
What’s your choice? 你选哪个?
be spoilt for choice(东西多得)挑花眼;客供选择的多
(因为选择多而轻松,所以能把人宠坏,说明选择的机会太多了啊)
At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.
到了午餐时间,议员们有26家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。