otherwise

英文释义

• ★ [句子副词] 否则；不然：

  • You’ll have to go now, otherwise you’ll miss your bus.

    你现在得走了，否则就赶不上公共汽车了。

  • Thanks for your directions to the house; we wouldn’t have found it otherwise.

    谢谢你为我们指明去那所房子的路，否则我们是找不到的。

• [句子副词] 除此以外：

  • There was some music playing upstairs. Otherwise the house was silent.

    楼上有音乐声，除此之外房子里很安静。

• 以另外方式；别样 ( in a different way to the way mentioned; differently： )

  • Unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always chose to sit at the back of the classroom.

    除非老师另外指定一个座位，否则我总是坐在教室的后面。

  • I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be otherwise occupied / engaged (= doing sth else).

    我星期日不能见你了，我有别的事要忙。