2[sentence adverbadv] used when saying what would have happened or might have happened if something else had not happened 否则,要不然〔指如果某事没有发生,就会发生另一事〕
We were delayed at the airport. Otherwise we would have been here by lunch time.
我们在机场耽搁了,否则午饭前就可以到这里了。
They got two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go.
他们得到两张去加拿大的免费机票,不然的话他们根本没有钱去。
3say/think/decide etc otherwiseto say, think, or decide something different 并非如此说/认为/决定等
The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests otherwise.
政府宣称经济状况在好转,但这份调查显示情况并非如此。
A lot of people think otherwise.
许多人并不这么认为。
Examples from the Corpus
say/think/decide etc otherwise• But I wanted to have it on the record, in case any of you think otherwise.• Many might seek to use the asylumroute and, indeed, it would be naive to think otherwise.• The rich supposedly think otherwise -- and manage to pay very little.• But he knew that people thought otherwise, and that their falseimpression was his own fault.• Donald thinks otherwise - and the upshot may be that he will sue.• To think otherwise, it seems, is to reveal oneself as an ignoramus who does not know enough characters.• People think otherwise, surely, from politicians: more simply, about horror, fear, survival?• To say otherwise would be bitterness and we know better than to surrender.
otherwise engaged• Oonagh was beautiful, but I was ... otherwise engaged.• The people in the town who may need a spot of positive thinking more than anybody else will be otherwise engaged.• The two leaders went to militaryheadquarters for confirmation and were told that the staff were otherwise engaged.• This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged.• They were eating, sleeping, defecating, or otherwise engaged in some momentousenterprise.
7otherwise known asNAME OF A PERSONalso called 又称,也叫
Albert DeSalvo, otherwise known as the Boston Strangler
9it cannot be otherwise/how can it be otherwise?DIFFERENT formal used to say that it is impossible for something to be different from the way it is 不可能是别的/怎么可能会是别的?
Life in the military is hard – how can it be otherwise?
军队生活是艰苦的,怎么可能不艰苦呢?
Examples from the Corpus
otherwise• One third of the doctors believed otherwise.• Similarly, an increase in the supply of money will have realoutput effects whether it is anticipated or otherwise.• The police stressed that Straskow would be considered innocent until provedotherwise.• The situation was very serious indeed, even if the government tried to pretendotherwise.• But try to persuade him otherwise.• It is equally vital that both should be mentioned, otherwise a client, particularly a buyer, could be seriously misled.• An inspection of the building revealedfaults that might otherwise have been overlooked.• I'm glad you told me about the show being cancelled. Otherwise I'd have travelled all the way to Glasgow for nothing.• Sectionreferences below are to the Companies Act 1985 unless otherwiseindicated.• Stir the sauce until it cools, otherwise it will be lumpy.• She did not rant or rave or otherwise make a spectacle of herself.• She must have missed the train, otherwise she'd be here by now.• It can't have been anything important, otherwise she'd have called back.• Unless otherwisespecified, all fields have a maximumlength of 20 characters, including colons, squarebrackets, etc.• You should type it; otherwise, they won't be able to read it.