| 词组 | otherwise |
| 释义 | otherwise You use otherwise when you are mentioning an undesirable situation which would occur if something did not happen. You usually put otherwise at the beginning of a clause. The defender should remember to keep a tight grip on the attacker's legs. Otherwise, his opponent will escape. She was thankful that she'd had her baby in hospital; otherwise, she thought, she might have died. ◊ WARNING You do not use 'or' in front of otherwise. ◊ used in relative clauses Otherwise is sometimes used in a relative clause that contains a modal. You put otherwise after the modal or at the end of the clause. They support services which would otherwise be uneconomic. He was lured into a crime he would not otherwise have committed. In doing this, we have met interesting people over the years, people we wouldn't have met otherwise. |
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