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ADV
否则；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.
例句
Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget some of them otherwise...
把想提的问题记下来，否则总是会漏掉其中的一些。
I'm lucky that I'm interested in school work, otherwise I'd go mad.
我很庆幸自己对学习怀有兴趣，不然我会疯掉的。
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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.
例句
The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city.
为运动会所作的装扮给原本毫无生气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点脏以外，性能良好的蓝金色旅行拖车
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ADV
与之不同地；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.
例句
Take approximately 60mg up to four times a day, unless advised otherwise by a doctor...
每次服用大约60毫克，每天最多4次，或遵医嘱。
There is no way anything would ever happen between us, and believe me I've tried to convince myself otherwise...
相信我，我已经努力试图说服自己我们之间存有希望，但我们真的是绝对不可能的。
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ADV
以其他方式；用别的方法
You use otherwise to indicate that other ways of doing something are possible in addition to the way already mentioned.
例句
The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and otherwise controlling their lives.
电影公司能通过让艺人坐冷板凳来惩罚他们，并采用其他方式控制他们的生活。
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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.
例句
It was for the police to assess the validity or otherwise of the evidence...
应该由警方来判定证据有效与否。
He didn't want company, talkative or otherwise...
他不想跟人搭伴，不管这个伴儿是否健谈。