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or¹ /ɔː(r),弱 ə(r)/ conj. | phr. conj. 1. [用作连接选择的可能]或,或者;还是 Scotch or Bourbon? 要苏格兰威士忌还是波旁威士忌? Give me a pen or pencil, please. 请给我一支钢笔或铅笔。 Are you going with your parents or by yourself? 你同父母一起去还是你独自去? I may see you tomorrow or (I) may phone later in the day. 我明天可能去找你,要不明天晚些时候打电话给你。 He is certainly not handsome or hardworking or clever. 他实在是既不英俊,又不勤勉,也不聪明。 2. [与 whether 或 either 连用]或;还是,就是 Either write or phone me. 给我写信或者打电话都行。 Most aircraft accidents occur at either take-off or landing. 多数的空难事故不是发生在起飞的时候就是发生在降落的时候。 Either he is right oryou are. 不是他对,就是你对。 those famous people, whether they're movie stars or political leaders or writers or doctors 那些名人,不管他们是电影明星还是政党领袖,是作家还是医生 I don't care whether I get it or not. 我不在乎是否可以得到它。 3. [用于否定句]也不 He never smokes or drinks. 他从不吸烟,也不喝酒。 4. 否则,要不然 Don't put anything plastic in the oven or it will probably start melting. 别把塑料制品放在炉子里,否则可能会熔化。 Wear your coat or you'll be cold. 穿上你的大衣,不然你会受凉的。 5. [用以引导同义词、同义语、说明语或修饰语等]即,那就是;或者说 twelve or a dozen 12个亦即1打 acrophobia, or fear of great heights 恐高症,也就是对高空的恐惧 The company is paying the rent or at least contributing to it. 公司在付房租,或者说,至少在付房租的一部分。 6. [表示不明确或不确定]大约,或许 in 3 or 4 days 大约三四天之内 It's scarlet fever or diphtheria. 那是猩红热,也许是白喉。 7. [表示重要的事后想法]会不会 He obviously knows the reason — or is he bluffing? 很明显他知道为什么——要不他在虚张声势? 8. 〈诗〉[在 either ... or 短语中取代 either] 不是 The course must be or right or wrong. 航向必定是非准即错。 [< ME other < OE oththe; 与 OHG eddo 有关] phr. or anything 见 anything or else 见 else or so 见 so or something 见 something Or what? [用于对前文所述无庸置疑的反问强调]难道不是吗? |