GRE语法提升:otherwise用法解析
otherwise 是个常用词,也是一个多义词。由于在不同的语境中,otherwise 的含义和用法有着很大的差异,以致不少学生在理解和使用它时经常出错。现将它的用法归纳如下,供大家学习时参考。一、otherwise 用作连词,意思为“否则;要不然”,相当于 or,or else 或 if not .
例如:
We’ll go early,otherwise we may not get a seat.
我们得早点去,要不然就没有座位了。
Seize the chance,otherwise you will regret it.
抓住机会,要不然你会后悔的。
I was ill that day,otherwise I would have taken part in the sports meet.
那天我病了,否则我会去参加运动会的。
We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time,otherwise we would have given you a hand.
我们当时不知道你遇到了困难,要不然我们会帮助你的。
二、otherwise 用作副词,具有下列意义:
1. 意为“另外;别样”。相当于 differently 或 in another way .例如:
He evidently thinks otherwise.
他显然有不同的想法。
She is otherwise engaged.
她另外有事。
We were going to play football,but it was so hot that we decided to do otherwise.
我们原打算踢足球,可是天气太热,我们就决定去干别的事情了。
2. 意为“在其他方面”。相当于 in other or different ways. 例如:
The rent is high,but otherwise the house is satisfactory.
房租是贵,可这房子在别的方面倒令人满意。
He is noisy,but otherwise a nice boy.
他爱吵闹,但在其他方面倒是个好孩子。
The article is long,but not otherwise blameworthy.
这篇文章就是长,其他倒没什么不好。
3. 意为“相反地;要不然;否则”。相当于 in the other way 或 on the contrary .例如:
He is guilty until proved otherwise.
在证明他无罪之前他是有罪的。
He reminded me of what I should otherwise have forgotten.
幸亏他提醒了我,要不然我就忘了。
I hate her and I won’t pretend otherwise.
我讨厌她,而且我不愿装作喜欢她。
Otherwise he would still be working,because his heart and soul were still in the school room with his students.
否则他还会在教书,因为他的心仍然在课堂上,仍然与学生们在一起。
三、otherwise 用作形容词,具有以下意义:
1. 意为“另外的;不那样的;不同的”。相当于 not as supposed 或 in a different state .例如:
The truth is quite otherwise.
事实真相与此大相径庭。
Our struggle can not be otherwise than victorious.
我们的斗争一定会胜利的。
How can it be otherwise than fatal?
这怎么会不致命呢?
2. 意为“其他方面的;其他性质的”。例如:
Some are wise,some are otherwise.
有些人聪明,有些人则不然。
His students in Chinese literature are also his otherwise teachers.
这些人在中国文学方面是他的学生,可在其他方面却是他的老师。
四、otherwise 组成的短语:
1. and otherwise 意为“等等;及其他”。例如:
In the kindergarten,the children learn singing,dancing,drawing and otherwise.
孩子们在幼儿园里学唱歌、跳舞、画画等等。
She helped me with advice and otherwise.
她用劝告等方式帮助我。
2. or otherwise 意为“或相反;或其反面”。例如:
Everybody has his merits or otherwise.
每个人都有自己的优点和缺点。
He is not concerned with its accuracy or otherwise.
准确与否他不考虑。
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