else
adverb /els/
/els/
used in questions or after nothing, nobody, something, anything, etc.Idioms - in addition to something already mentioned
其他的；别的 - What else did he say?
他还说了些什么？ - I don't want anything else, thanks.
我不要别的东西了，谢谢。 - I'm taking a few clothes and some books, not much else.
我带了几件衣服和一些书，别的就没什么了。
- What else did he say?
- different
另外的；不同的 - Ask somebody else to help you.
另请个人来帮帮你吧。 - Haven't you got anything else to wear?
你没有其他穿的了吗？ - Why didn't you come? Everybody else was there.
你为什么没来呢？其他所有的人都来了。 - Yes I did give it to her. What else could I do?
是的，我的确给她了。我还能怎么办呢？
- Ask somebody else to help you.
- (informal) if not
要不然；否则 - Keep your mouth shut, else we'll be in trouble.
闭嘴，否则我们就有麻烦了。
- Keep your mouth shut, else we'll be in trouble.
词源Old English elles, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch els and Swedish eljest.
Idioms
or else
- if not
要不然；否则 - Hurry up or else you'll be late.
快点，否则你就要迟到了。 - They can't be coming or else they'd have called.
他们不会来，不然他们就打电话了。
- Hurry up or else you'll be late.
- used to introduce the second of two possibilities
（表示另一种可能）或者，也许 - He either forgot or else decided not to come.
他或许忘了，或许决定不来。
- He either forgot or else decided not to come.
- (informal) used to threaten or warn somebody
（威胁或警告）否则的话，要不然的话 - Just shut up, or else!
住口，不然的话，哼！
- Just shut up, or else!