otherwise是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion -- 否則，不然

  • I'd better write it down, otherwise I'll forget it. 我最好把它寫下來，否則我會忘掉。

  • Call home, otherwise your parents will start to worry. 給家裡打個電話，不然你父母會開始擔心的。

• 1 differently, or in another way -- 別樣地，以另外的方式

  • 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 -- 除此之外

  • The bike needs a new wheel, but otherwise it's in good condition. 這輛腳踏車除了需要一個新輪子外，車況良好。

  • The poor sound quality ruined an otherwise beautiful film. 本來是一部優秀的電影，可是卻被這糟糕的音質給毀了。

• 3 used to show that something is completely different from what you think it is or from what was previously stated -- 全然不是那樣的，根本不是那回事的

  • 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。