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0 used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion
1 differently, or in another way
The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise (= that he is not). 警方認為他就是小偷,但所有的證據都顯示他不是。
Under the Bill of Rights, a person is presumed innocent until proved otherwise (= guilty). 根據《人權法案》,任何人在被證明有罪之前都被視為是無罪的。
Protestors were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted. 抗議者被處決、監禁或受到其他方式的迫害。
Marion Morrison, otherwise known as the film star John Wayne, was born in 1907. 瑪麗昂‧莫裡森,即影星約翰‧韋恩,生於1907年。
formal I can't meet you on Tuesday - I'm otherwise engaged/occupied (= doing something else). 星期二我不能與你見面——我要忙別的事。
2 except for what has just been referred to
3 used to show that something is completely different from what you think it is or from what was previously stated
He might have told you he was a qualified electrician, but the truth is quite otherwise. 他或許告訴過你他是個合格的電工,可實際上完全不是這回事。