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adverb uk/els/ us/els/
A2 （用于以 any-，every-，no- 和 some- 开头的词后面，或用于 how，what，where，who，why 之后，但不用于 which 之后）其他，另外，别的
used after words beginning with any-, every-, no-, and some-, or after how, what, where, who, why, but not which, to mean 'other', 'another', 'different', 'extra'
Everybody else has (= all the other people have) agreed except for you. 除了你其他人都同意了。
If it doesn't work, try something else (= something different). 如果这个行不通，试试别的。
Let's go before they ask us to visit anyone else (= another person). 趁他们还没有让我们再去拜访别人，我们还是走吧。
It's not my bag. It must be someone else's (= it must belong to another person). 这不是我的包，肯定是别人的。
The book isn't here. Where else (= in what other place) should I look? 书不在这儿，我该再到哪儿去看看呢？
He came to see you. Why else (= for what other reason) would he come? 他来是为了见你，他还能有什么别的目的？
After I'd thanked them I didn't know what else (= what other things) to say. 我对他们道了谢，然后就不知道该说些什么了。
- More examples
- She arrived before everyone else.
- Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
- I'm not buying the children anything else today - I've spent far too much money already.
- He looked nervously over his shoulder, making sure no one else was listening.
- I'm sorry, I don't know - you'll have to ask someone else.
Idiom
or elseidiom B2 否则，要不然
used to say what will happen if another thing does not happen
We must be there by six, or else we'll miss the beginning. 我们一定要在6点前赶到那里，要不然就会错过开场。
B2 （用于对比两种不同的事物或情形）要不，要么
used to compare two different things or situations
She's either really talkative and you can't shut her up or else she's silent. 她要么滔滔不绝，你都堵不上她的嘴，要么就一言不发。
informal（表示威胁，有时是一种幽默的说法）要不然，否则的话
used as a threat, sometimes humorously
He'd better find it quickly, or else (= or I will punish him in some way)! 他最好马上找到它，要不然，哼！