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 -- 否则，不然

  • I'd better write it down, otherwise I'll forget it. 我最好把它写下来，否则我会忘了的。

  • Call home, otherwise your parents will start to worry. 给家里打个电话，不然你父母会开始担心的。

• 1 differently, or in another way -- 别样地，以另外的方式

  • The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise (= that he is not). 警方认为他就是小偷，但所有的证据都显示他不是。

  • Under the Bill of Rights, a person is presumed innocent until proved otherwise (= 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 were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted. 抗议者被处决、监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. 玛丽昂‧莫里森，即影星约翰‧韦恩，生于1907年。

  • formal I can't meet you on Tuesday - I'm otherwise engaged/occupied (= doing something else). 星期二我不能与你见面——我要忙别的事。

• 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. 这辆自行车除了需要一个新轮子外，车况良好。

  • The poor sound quality ruined an otherwise beautiful film. 本来是一部优秀的电影，可是却被这糟糕的音质给毁了。

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

  • He might have told you he was a qualified electrician, but the truth is quite otherwise. 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。