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单词 otherwise
释义
otherwise
conjunction
uk
/ˈʌð.ə.waɪz/us
/ˈʌð.ɚ.waɪz/
B1
used after anorderorsuggestionto show what theresultwill be if you do notfollowthatorderorsuggestion:
否则，不然
I'dbetterwrite it down, otherwise I'llforgetit.我最好把它写下来，否则我会忘了的。
Callhome, otherwiseyourparentswillstarttoworry.给家里打个电话，不然你父母会开始担心的。
More examples
  • Come in now, otherwise you'll getwet.
  • I'dbettertellhim about theletter, otherwise he might beangry.
  • You'dbetterhurry, otherwise you'llmissthetrain.
  • Take thatchocolateaway, otherwise I'lleatit all.
  • They had toleaveearly, otherwise thechildrenwould have been up too late.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Either, or, neither, nor
  • and
  • and/orphrase
  • either
  • else
  • neither
  • nor
  • or
  • or elseidiom

Grammar

Orandotherwise
We often use or and otherwise with conditional meanings:…
otherwise
adverb
uk
/ˈʌð.ə.waɪz/us
/ˈʌð.ɚ.waɪz/

otherwiseadverb(DIFFERENTLY)

differently, or in another way:
别样地，以另外的方式
Thepolicebelievehe is thethief, but all theevidencesuggestsotherwise(= that he is not).警方认为他就是小偷，但所有的证据都显示他不是。
Under theBillofRights, apersonispresumedinnocentuntilprovedotherwise(=guilty).根据《人权法案》，任何人在被证明有罪之前都被视为是无罪的。
Protestors wereexecuted,jailedor otherwisepersecuted.抗议者被处决、监禁或受到其他方式的迫害。
Marion Morrison, otherwiseknownasthefilmstarJohnWayne, wasbornin 1907.玛丽昂‧莫里森，即影星约翰‧韦恩，生于1907年。
formalI can'tmeetyou onTuesday- I'm otherwiseengaged/occupied(= doing somethingelse).星期二我不能与你见面——我要忙别的事。
More examples
  • Hisphonecallwas awelcomeintrusioninto an otherwisetediousmorning.
  • Atinymarkflawedthe otherwiseperfectsilkshirt.
  • She wasbadlybruisedbut otherwiseunhurt.
  • Whenrefereesmakecontentiousdecisionsplayersare going to beupset, and anyone whothinksotherwise islivingin cloud-cuckoo-land.
  • DennisWhitescoredthe onlygoalin an otherwiseforgettablematch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Different and difference
  • altered
  • alternative
  • anomalous
  • another
  • anything
  • dissimilar
  • dissimilitude
  • distinct
  • distinction
  • distinctive
  • non-typical
  • non-uniform
  • non-uniformity
  • nonequivalence
  • nonequivalent
  • variation
  • varied
  • various
  • various and sundryidiom
  • which is whichidiom
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otherwiseadverb(NOT INCLUDING)

B2
except for what has just been referred to:
除此之外
Thebikeneedsa newwheel,butotherwise it's in goodcondition.这辆自行车除了需要一个新轮子外，车况良好。
Thepoorsoundqualityruinedan otherwisebeautifulfilm.本来是一部优秀的电影，可是却被这糟糕的音质给毁了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Excluding
  • acid-free
  • apart
  • bar
  • barring
  • clannish
  • count
  • discount
  • exclusion
  • exclusive
  • exclusively
  • exclusivity
  • freezesomeoneout
  • hold
  • leavesomething/someoneoffsomething
  • ostracize
  • out of itidiom
  • outlier
  • overdiscount
  • present
  • stand-alone
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Grammar

Orandotherwise
We often use or and otherwise with conditional meanings:…

Idiom

or otherwise
otherwise
adjective[after verb]
formal
uk
/ˈʌð.ə.waɪz/us
/ˈʌð.ɚ.waɪz/
used to show that something iscompletelydifferent from what youthinkit is or from what waspreviouslystated:
全然不是那样的，根本不是那么回事的
He might have told you he was aqualifiedelectrician, but thetruthisquiteotherwise.他或许告诉过你他是个合格的电工，可实际上完全不是这么回事。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Different and difference
  • altered
  • alternative
  • anomalous
  • another
  • anything
  • dissimilar
  • dissimilitude
  • distinct
  • distinction
  • distinctive
  • non-typical
  • non-uniform
  • non-uniformity
  • nonequivalence
  • nonequivalent
  • variation
  • varied
  • various
  • various and sundryidiom
  • which is whichidiom
See more results »

Grammar

Orandotherwise
We often use or and otherwise with conditional meanings:…
(Definition ofotherwisefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

otherwise| American Dictionary

otherwise
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈʌð·ərˌwɑɪz/
differently, or in another way:
Samuel Clemens, otherwiseknownasMarkTwain
Parts of thecompanywill besoldor otherwisedismantled.
Otherwise alsomeansexcept for what was just referred to:
I likeworkingoutsidewhen it’swarm, but otherwise Istayindoors.
otherwise
conjunction
us
/ˈʌð·ərˌwɑɪz/
if not; orelse:
Tell me if youwantit, otherwise I’ll give it to Freya.
(Definition ofotherwisefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofotherwise

otherwise
Otherwise, individual states could have sabotaged national policy by placing restrictions on imports, foreign in origin, that came to them from other states.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Informative disclosures in the financial statements are to be regarded as reasonably adequate unlessotherwisestated in the report.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Her warfarin is well tolerated andotherwisethe patient is in good health.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A large number of functionalists themselves concede that the laws of nature are contingent and thus could have beenotherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their warranting not only protects his body, but gives it material efficacy it would nototherwisehave, establishing his authority as a preacher.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The degrees of freedom were 54 (n 56) unlessotherwisestated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even the movement in a single direction seems to push the meaning open in ways that must beotherwiseshaped and contained.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One cannot look to the object to discover its version within it, for looking is already looking-to-the-object; the version passesotherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While this encounter appears to be phenomenal and ontological, the rapport with the other, as the diachrony of time (near-repetition), also proceedsotherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Responsibility to the other comes about not only 'otherwisethan being' but also in a sense 'before' being.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The procedure wasotherwiseidentical to that of the first session.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The conviction carried by how things are in his fiction can not be separated from the sense that they might beotherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The only element specifically defined is that it includes unconsciousness;otherwise, its definition remains vague.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If evolution proceeds by a series of small changes, it is hard to see how it could beotherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Otherwise, there is no way in which the process of learning can get started.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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