or else

否则； 要不然

Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning—or else you're so exhausted that a challenging book's the last thing you need.(坐下来阅读时，与工作相关的思绪像飞轮一样不停地旋转——也许你实在是筋疲力尽，最不需要的就是一本有挑战性的书。)

He either forgot or else decided not to come.(他或许忘了，或许决定不来。)

Evidently no lessons have been learned or else the government would not have handled the problem so badly.(显然没有吸取教训，否则政府不会把这个问题处理得如此糟糕。)

Make only enough to fill one large tumbler—or else you'll be packing away too many calories in one sitting.(做只够装一大平底玻璃杯的份量——否则你一次就餐会摄入太多的卡路里。)

Or else they leave you with all five.(或者他们把五个都留给你。)

He is not mad, or else Dostoevsky is.(他没有疯，要不然，就是陀思妥耶夫斯基疯了。)

The hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.(南方炎热潮湿的天气使得南方人买的食物只够吃一顿或一天，否则食物可能会变质。)

The occupants of the rooms are yawning, or else scratching themselves.(房间里的人在打哈欠，或者在替自己搔痒。)

Put that down or else I'll smack you.(把它放下，不然我就揍你。)

This time we really need to succeed or else people will start giving us funny looks.(这次我们真地得要成功，否则人们会开始用奇怪的眼光看我们。)

adv

1. in place of, or as an alternative to

e.g. Felix became a herpetologist instead
alternatively we could buy a used car

Synonym: alternativelyinstead

1. or else的近义词

1. 否则,要不然：one...after another/after the other 一个接一个;接连;挨次 | or else 否则;要不然 | or rather 毋宁说;更确切地说

2. 否则：on the edge of濒于,在......边缘 | or else否则 | or rather更确切地说