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A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #242 ★★★★★

a. 别的, 其他的 adv. 另外, 否则, 不然

发音

UK /ɛls/
US /ɛls/
/ɛlts/

别名

elce els

教材释义与例句

形容词

别的；其他的

You use else after words such as "anywhere," "someone," and "what" to refer in a vague way to another person, place, or thing

副词

其他；否则；另外

besides or in addition to someone or something

释义与例句

adj.
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    Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

    The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?

    Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.

    When all else fails, read the instructions.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
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    Otherwise, if not.

    How else (= in what other way) can it be done?

    I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?

conj.
  1. 1.

    For otherwise; or else.

    Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.

相关短语

or else 否则 if nothing else 如果什么都没有了；如果没有意外；撇开其他不谈 all else the same all else being equal what else is new nothing else for it if all else fails nothing for it 别无其他办法 nowhere else anywhere else 其它地方 everywhere else somewhere else someone else 其他人 anyone else 任何其他人 everyone else 所有其他人

词源

From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”), Proto-Slavic *olni.

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