Otherwise的柯林斯釋義ADV否則;不然You use otherwise after stating a situation or fact, in order to say what the result or consequence would be if this situation or fact was not the case.
Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget some of them otherwise...
把想提的問題記下來,否則總是會漏掉其中的一些。
I'm lucky that I'm interested in school work, otherwise I'd go mad.
我很慶幸自己對學習懷有興趣,不然我會瘋掉的。
ADV除此以外;在其他方面You use otherwise before stating the general condition or quality of something, when you are also mentioning an exception to this general condition or quality.
The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.
為運動會所作的裝扮給原本毫無生氣的城市增添了一抹亮色。
...a blue and gold caravan, slightly travel-stained but otherwise in good condition.
除了在旅途中弄得有點髒以外,效能良好的藍金色旅行拖車
ADV與之不同地;相反地You use otherwise to refer in a general way to actions or situations that are very different from, or the opposite to, your main statement.
Take approximately 60mg up to four times a day, unless advised otherwise by a doctor...
每次服用大約60毫克,每天最多4次,或遵醫囑。
There is no way anything would ever happen between us, and believe me I've tried to convince myself otherwise...
相信我,我已經努力試圖說服自己我們之間存有希望,但我們真的是絕對不可能的。
ADV以其他方式;用別的方法You use otherwise to indicate that other ways of doing something are possible in addition to the way already mentioned.
The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and otherwise controlling their lives.
電影公司能透過讓藝人坐冷板凳來懲罰他們,並採用其他方式控制他們的生活。
PHRASE及其他;或相反;或其反面You use or otherwise or and otherwise to mention something that is not the thing just referred to or is the opposite of that thing.
It was for the police to assess the validity or otherwise of the evidence...
應該由警方來判定證據有效與否。
He didn't want company, talkative or otherwise...
他不想跟人搭伴,不管這個伴兒是否健談。