英汉词典

else 基本解释

• adv. 其他；否则；另外
• adj. 别的；其他的
• n. (Else)人名；(英)埃尔斯；(德)埃尔泽；(芬、丹)埃尔塞

else 中文词源

来自PIE*al, 其它，词源同alias, alien.

else 英文词源

else

else: [OE] Else shares its sense of ‘otherness’ with related words in other parts of the Indo- European language family. It comes ultimately from the base *al-, which also produced Latin alter ‘other’ (source of English alter) and alius ‘other’ (source of English alibi and alien) and Greek állos ‘other’ (source of the prefix allo- in such English words as allopathy, allophone, and allotropy). Its Germanic descendant was *aljo- ‘other’, whose genitive neuter case *aljaz, used adverbially, eventually became English else.
=> alibi, alien, alter

else (adv.)

Old English elles "in another manner, other, otherwise, besides, different," from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (cognates: Gothic aljis "other," Old High German eli-lenti, Old English el-lende, both meaning "in a foreign land;" see also Alsace), an adverbial genitive of the neuter of PIE root *al- (1) "beyond" (cognates: Greek allos "other," Latin alius; see alias (adv.)). As a quasi-adjective, synonymous with other, from 1660s; the nuances of usage are often arbitrary.

Productive of a number of handy compounds that somehow never got traction or have been suffered to fall from use: elsehow (1660s) "somehow or other;" elsewards (adv.), 1882, "somewhere else;" Old English elsewhat (pron.) " something else, anything else;" elsewhen (adv.), early 15c., "at another time; elsewhence (c. 1600); elsewho (1540s). Among the survivors are elsewhere, elsewise. Menacing or else, with omitted but implied threat, is from 1833.

else 词组搭配

else 英文释义

1. other than what is under consideration or implied;

"ask somebody else"

"I don't know what else to do"

"where else can we look?"

2. more;

"would you like anything else?"

"I have nothing else to say"

else 双语例句

1. I denied my father because I wanted to become someone else.

我和父亲断绝了关系，因为我想成为一个不一样的自己。

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2. So, if we could just move onto something else?

那么我们可不可以干脆谈点别的？

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3. She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else.

她在分裂保守党这件事上所起的作用比任何人都大。

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4. There was no one else to take care of their children.

没有别人可以照料他们的孩子。

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5. These rootless young people have nowhere else to go.

这些漂泊不定的年轻人没有其他地方可去。

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else 实用场景例句

Just shut up, or else!

住口，不然的话，哼！

牛津词典

He either forgot or else decided not to come.

他或许忘了，或许决定不来。

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They can't be coming or else they'd have called.

他们不会来，不然他们就打电话了。

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Hurry up or else you'll be late.

快点，否则你就要迟到了。

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What else did he say?

他还说了些什么？

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I don't want anything else, thanks.

我不要别的东西了，谢谢。

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I'm taking a few clothes and some books, not much else.

我带了几件衣服和一些书，别的就不多了。

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Ask somebody else to help you.

另请个人来帮帮你吧。

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Haven't you got anything else to wear?

你没有其他穿的了吗？

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Why didn't you come? Everybody else was there.

你为什么没来呢？其他所有的人都来了。

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Yes I did give it to her. What else could I do?

是的，我的确给她了。我还能怎么办呢？

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Make sure you are strapped in very well, or else you will fall out.

一定要系好安全带，否则会摔出去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You are either a total genius or else you must be absolutely raving mad...

你要么是个不折不扣的天才，要么就是完全疯了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It's likely someone gave her a lift, or else that she took a taxi.

可能有人开车捎了她一程，要不就是她打了辆出租车。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Above all else I hate the cold.

我最讨厌寒冷。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.

(表示唯一的好情况)起码，至少

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If nothing else, you'll really enjoy meeting them.

至少你一定会很高兴见到他们。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Behave, or else!...

规矩点，否则的话，哼！

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He told us to put it right, or else.

他让我们纠正错误，否则后果自负。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This time we really need to succeed or else people will start giving us funny looks...

这次我们真的需要成功，否则人们会开始用异样的眼光看我们。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We had nothing else to do on those long trips...

在那些漫长的旅程中我们没有别的事情可做。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

As I try to be truthful, I expect everyone else to be truthful...

既然我努力做到诚实，我希望其他所有人也能诚实。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Cigarettes are in short supply, like everything else here.

和其他所有东西一样，这里的香烟也供应不足。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He must be a good plumber, or else he wouldn't be so busy...

他肯定是个不错的管子工，要不然他不会那么忙。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Evidently no lessons have been learnt or else the government would not have handled the problem so sloppily.

政府显然没有吸取教训，不然不会把问题处理得那么草率。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If I can't make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to paint...

如果我不能靠画画谋生，至少我可以教别人画画。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You can be assured the matter will be closely investigated and the necessary remedial actions taken.

你可能是确实的物质将会被接近地调查和被拿的必需治疗的行动.

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Nobody else knows barring you and me.

除你我之外无人知道.

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