otherwise是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 另样， 用别的方法； 在其他方面conj. 要不然，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheer-fully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.
-- Don't laugh, Jo, gentlemen really are very necessary aboard ship, to hold on to, or to wait upon one, and as they have nothing to do, it's a mercy to make them useful, otherwise they would smoke themselves to death, I'm afraid.
-- If Jo had not been otherwise engaged, Laurie's behavior would have amused her, for a faint twinge, not of jealou-sy, but something like suspicion, caused that gentleman to stand aloof at first, and observe the newcomer with brother-ly circumspection.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This account cleared up the otherwise unaccountable mystery, and showed that the landlord, after all, had had no idea of fooling me but at the same time what could I think of a harpooneer who stayed out of a Saturday night clean into the holy Sabbath, engaged in such a cannibal business as selling the heads of dead idolators?
-- Whether it was, too, that his head being shaved, his forehead was drawn out in freer and brighter relief, and looked more expansive than it otherwise would, this I will not venture to decide; but certain it was his head was phrenologically an excellent one.
-- Now and then he stooped to pick up a patch, or save an end of tarred twine, which otherwise might have been wasted.
-- But it seemed that, when on the wharf, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded to; hence I would have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable question.
-- That certain sultanism of his brain, which had otherwise in a good degree remained unmanifested; through those forms that same sultanism became incarnate in an irresistible dictatorship.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The receding footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr. John Dawkins, otherwise the Artful Dodger, appeared.
-- The boy was very ill, he said, and weak from the loss of blood; but his mind was so troubled with anxiety to disclose something, that he deemed it better to give him the opportunity, than to insist upon his remaining quiet until next morning: which he should otherwise have done.
-- 'Master of the workhouse,' rejoined Mr. Bumble, slowly and impressively, to check any undue familiarity the stranger might otherwise assume.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The word is applied to many a woman who deserves it no otherwise than by netting a purse or covering a screen.
-- She is unfortunately of a sick-ly constitution, which has prevented her from making that progress in many accomplishments which she could not have otherwise failed of, as I am informed by the lady who superintended her education, and who still resides with them.
-- The possibility of his having endured such unkindness, was enough to interest all her tender feelings; and nothing re-mained therefore to be done, but to think well of them both, to defend the conduct of each, and throw into the account of accident or mistake whatever could not be otherwise ex-plained.
-- I am very sensible of the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to do otherwise than to decline them.'
-- The younger girls formed hopes of COMING OUT a year or two sooner than they might otherwise have done; and the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte's dying an old maid.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But as I had no instruments to take an observation to know what latitude we were in, and not exactly knowing, or at least remember-ing, what latitude they were in, I knew not where to look for them, or when to stand off to sea towards them; otherwise I might now easily have found some of these islands.
-- It presently occurred to me that it was in vain to pretend to make a raft with the wind off-shore; and that it was my business to be gone before the tide of flood began, otherwise I might not be able to reach the shore at all.
-- The entrance into this place I made to be, not by a door, but by a short ladder to go over the top; which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me; and so I was completely fenced in and fortified, as I thought, from all the world, and con-sequently slept secure in the night, which otherwise I could not have done; though, as it appeared afterwards, there was no need of all this caution from the enemies that I appre-hended danger from.
-- I had hitherto acted upon no religious foundation at all; indeed, I had very few notions of religion in my head, nor had entertained any sense of anything that had befallen me otherwise than as chance, or, as we lightly say, what pleases God, without so much as inquiring into the end of Providence in these things, or His order in governing events for the world.
-- I found presently it flew up into my head violently; but I fell into a sound sleep, and waked no more till, by the sun, it must necessarily be near three o'clock in the afternoon the next day - nay, to this hour I am partly of opinion that I slept all the next day and night, and till almost three the day af-ter; for otherwise I know not how I should lose a day out of my reckoning in the days of the week, as it appeared some years after I had done; for if I had lost it by crossing and re-crossing the line, I should have lost more than one day; but certainly I lost a day in my account, and never knew which way.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- CHAPTER 6The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a disposition to be otherwise than tedious and unpleasant.
-- I once knew a lady who in temper and mind greatly resembled your sister, who thought and judged like her, but who from an inforced change from a series of unfortunate circumstances" Here he stopt suddenly; appeared to think that he had said too much, and by his countenance gave rise to conjectures, which might not otherwise have entered Elinor's head.
-- Elinor, though she felt really interested in the welfare of Colonel Brandon, could not bestow all the wonder on his going so suddenly away, which Mrs. Jennings was desirous of her feeling; for besides that the circumstance did not in her opinion justify such lasting amazement or variety of speculation, her wonder was otherwise disposed of.
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