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else

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adjective

其他的，别的。

(used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

Examples :

"The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?"

老师现在很忙。还有谁能帮我吗？

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adverb

否则, 不然。

(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

Examples :

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

还有什么别的办法可以做吗？

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conjunction

否则，不然。

For otherwise; or else.

Examples :

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

那么f和g的朗斯基行列式必须非零，否则它们就不可能线性无关。

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