She took a dozen of two-shilling tickets for the final concert and sent them to those friends who could not be trusted to comeotherwise.
请问各位老师,句中otherwise是想表达什么意思呢? 去掉otherwise的话不是也能表达出原句的意思,为什么还要加上?
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who could not be trusted to come
不能确信会来(谁知道他们会不会买票)
who could not be trusted to come + otherwise.
不能确信会来 (即:送了票,正常应该会来)
otherwise 是“排除前面的动作后,的另一种情况”(本质还是"否则")
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蒋红秀- 英语教师
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这里的 otherwise 意思是“与之不同地”“相反地”,柯林斯词典对此用法的解释是:You useotherwiseto refer in a general way to actions or situations that are very different from, or the opposite to, your main statement.
这样用的 otherwise 在翻译时需根据具体语境灵活处理,你的句子中的 sent them to those friends who could not be trusted to come otherwise 可以考虑翻译为:寄给那些原本认为来不了的朋友。
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刘永科- 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
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She took a dozen of two-shilling tickets for the final concert and sent them to those friends who could not be trusted to comeotherwise.
请问各位老师,句中otherwise