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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++or /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ ●●● S1 W1 conjunction 1 XXpossibilities/choices 可能性/选择 used between two words or phrases to show that either of two things is possible, or used before the last in a list of possibilities or choices 或，或者，还是 Shall we go out to the cinema or stay at home? 我们是出去看电影还是待在家里？ You can have ham, cheese, or tuna. 你可以选择火腿、干酪或者金枪鱼。... or anything/something spoken (=or something of the same kind) 或其他什么的，诸如此类的什么 Would you like a coffee or something? 你想来杯咖啡什么的吗？ She wasn’t involved in drugs or anything like that. 她没有涉毒之类的行为。 Grapes are usually either green or red. 葡萄一般要么是绿色，要么是红色。 He’s going to do it whether we like it or not. 不管我们喜欢与否，他都会去做这件事。 You must do the job yourself or else employ someone else to do it. 你必须自己做这件事，或者就雇别人去做。 → either12 NOTand not 也不 used after a negative verb when you mean not one thing and also not another thing 也不，也不是，也没有〔用于含否定意思的动词后〕 He doesn’t have a television or a video. 他没有电视机，也没有录像机。 Sonia never cleans or even offers to wash the dishes. 索尼娅从不收拾整理，甚至都不会说她来洗碗。3 WARNavoiding bad result 避免坏的结果 used to say that something bad could happen if someone does not do a particular thing 否则，要不然 Wear your coat or you’ll catch cold. 穿上外套，要不你会着凉的。 Hurry up or we’ll be late. 抓紧时间，不然的话我们要迟到了。 I had to defend myself or else he’d have killed me. 我只得自卫，否则他就把我杀死了。 You’d better hand over the money, or else (=used to threaten someone). 你最好把钱交出来，不然的话够你受的。4 ADDcorrection 更正 used to correct something that you have said or to give more specific information 即，那就是，或者说〔用于更正说法或给予更确切的信息〕 It’s going to snow tomorrow, or that’s what the forecast says. 明天要下雪，确切地说，气象预报是这样说的。 John picked us up in his car, or rather his dad’s car which he’d borrowed. 约翰开着他的车——确切地说是问他爸爸借的车来接我们。 We’ve cleaned it all up, or at least most of it. 我们全部清扫了一遍，或者说至少是清扫了大部分。5 REASONproof 证明 used to prove that something must be true, by saying that the situation would be different if it was not true 不然，否则 He must be at home, or his car wouldn’t be here. 他肯定在家里，否则他的汽车就不会在这里。 It’s obviously not urgent or else they would have called us straight away. 这事显然不急，否则他们当即就打电话给我们了。6 uncertain amounts 不确定的数量APPROXIMATELY used to show that you are guessing at an amount or number because you cannot be exact 或，或者〔表示对某个数量或数字不很确定〕 The boy was three or four years of age. 这男孩三四岁。 I saw Donald leaving a minute or two ago. 我看到唐纳德一两分钟前离开的。 There’s a motel a mile or so down the road (=about a mile or possibly a little more). 沿这条路一直走，到大约一英里的地方有家汽车旅馆。n THESAURUSor conjunction used between two possibilities or choices, or before the last one in a list of possibilities or choicesDon’t get the chemicals on your hands or your clothes.Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit card.alternatively adverb used when giving another choice apart from the one you have already mentionedUse a pair of scissors or, alternatively, a very sharp knife.You can go up into the mountains. Alternatively, you can stroll around one of Switzerland’s delightful cities.on the one had ... on the other (hand) used when giving two very different ideas or opinions about something, especially when they need to be balanced against each otherOn the one hand, I don’t want to hurt his feelings, but on the other, I don’t want to be miserable for the rest of my life.
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or else• He would make that clear, or else he would have no part in the raid.• He seemed to want to help them or else his plan was much deeper than they knew.• The bolder innovation comes direct by rescript from the emperor or else is a result of his influence.• All the characters would find decisions much easier if evil were unquestionably either just Boethian or else just Manichaean.• He was bright and alive, and made those around him live more vividly or else move on.• Some of them continued to pursue him, or else Orestes thought that they did.• The old masters merely dammed streams and created lakes to break up the landscape or else reflect its beauty.• He thought you had to be a model or a dancer, or else something in showbiz.or else• He would make that clear, or else he would have no part in the raid.• He seemed to want to help them or else his plan was much deeper than they knew.• The bolder innovation comes direct by rescript from the emperor or else is a result of his influence.• All the characters would find decisions much easier if evil were unquestionably either just Boethian or else just Manichaean.• He was bright and alive, and made those around him live more vividly or else move on.• Some of them continued to pursue him, or else Orestes thought that they did.• The old masters merely dammed streams and created lakes to break up the landscape or else reflect its beauty.• He thought you had to be a model or a dancer, or else something in showbiz.or at least• Refrigerate overnight or at least 6 hours.• One notes, or at least at times suspects, a kind of failure of heart, a loss of nerve.• Illustrations include many paintings by the pre-eminent, or at least inescapable, Civil War artist Mort Kuntsler.• Bill and Ben's world was an innocent one, or at least it seemed that way.• The origin of this Neolithic population, or at least, its economy, is also difficult to determine for certain.• Behind him the mill was silenced, or at least overpowered.• Lastly, they want to give tax advantages to causes deemed worthy, or at least popular.• What keeps these young people and their parents at home is crime, or at least the fear of it.or else• He would make that clear, or else he would have no part in the raid.• He seemed to want to help them or else his plan was much deeper than they knew.• The bolder innovation comes direct by rescript from the emperor or else is a result of his influence.• All the characters would find decisions much easier if evil were unquestionably either just Boethian or else just Manichaean.• He was bright and alive, and made those around him live more vividly or else move on.• Some of them continued to pursue him, or else Orestes thought that they did.• The old masters merely dammed streams and created lakes to break up the landscape or else reflect its beauty.• He thought you had to be a model or a dancer, or else something in showbiz.a mile or so• One crooked little shadow, flickering across stones and scrubland, made rapid progress for a quarter of a mile or so.• It is best to start with a very short drive, just a mile or so and back home.• There's a village a mile or so away.• He had sent the young sports-car-driver to ring for the police and ambulance at a phone-box a mile or so back.• In the afternoon, women would arrive in carriages from the great house a mile or so distant.• But the gang had already moved on to another pub just a mile or so down the road.• After a mile or so the banks closed in and the gradient increased ... Inspection followed.-or /ə $ ər/ suffix [in nouns] 1 PERSON/PEOPLEsomeone who does something or is doing something 〔做或正在做某事〕的人 an actor (=someone who acts) 演员 an inventor 发明家 a translator 译者2 something that does something 用于做…的器械 → -er2, -arnORnthe written abbreviation of OregonFrom Longman Business DictionaryOROR abbreviation for OFFICIAL RECEIVER; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; OWNER'S RISKOrigin or Old English oththe -or Latinor conjunction →n THESAURUS1-or suffixORLDOCE OnlineChinese
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written abbreviation for Oregon
Or‧e‧gon /ˈɒrəɡən, ˈɒrɪɡən $ ˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ 
written abbreviation, OR
a state in the northwestern US, known especially for its beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers, and forests, and for producing fish and fruit. Its largest city is Portland.
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written abbreviation, ORa state in the northwestern US, known especially for its beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers, and forests, and for producing fish and fruit. Its largest city is Portland.
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or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ conjunction
Shall we go out to the cinema or stay at home?
You can have ham, cheese, or tuna.
... or anything/something spoken (=or something of the same kind)
Would you like a coffee or something?
She wasn’t involved in drugs or anything like that.
Grapes are usually either green or red.
He’s going to do it whether we like it or not.
You must do the job yourself or else employ someone else to do it. ⇨ either1
2. AND NOT used after a negative verb when you mean not one thing and also not another thing:
He doesn’t have a television or a video.
Sonia never cleans or even offers to wash the dishes.
3. AVOIDING BAD RESULT used to say that something bad could happen if someone does not do a particular thing:
Wear your coat or you’ll catch cold.
Hurry up or we’ll be late.
I had to defend myself or else he’d have killed me.
You’d better hand over the money, or else (=used to threaten someone).
4. CORRECTION used to correct something that you have said or to give more specific information:
It’s going to snow tomorrow, or that’s what the forecast says.
John picked us up in his car, or rather his dad’s car which he’d borrowed.
We’ve cleaned it all up, or at least most of it.
5. PROOF used to prove that something must be true, by saying that the situation would be different if it was not true:
He must be at home, or his car wouldn’t be here.
It’s obviously not urgent or else they would have called us straight away.
6. UNCERTAIN AMOUNTS used to show that you are guessing at an amount or number because you cannot be exact:
The boy was three or four years of age.
I saw Donald leaving a minute or two ago.
There’s a motel a mile or so down the road (=about a mile or possibly a little more).
▪ or conjunction used between two possibilities or choices, or before the last one in a list of possibilities or choices: Don’t get the chemicals on your hands or your clothes. | Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit card.
▪alternatively adverb used when giving another choice apart from the one you have already mentioned: Use a pair of scissors or, alternatively, a very sharp knife. | You can go up into the mountains. Alternatively, you can stroll around one of Switzerland’s delightful cities.
▪on the one had ... on the other (hand) used when giving two very different ideas or opinions about something, especially when they need to be balanced against each other: On the one hand, I don’t want to hurt his feelings, but on the other, I don’t want to be miserable for the rest of my life.
or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/
conjunction Language: Old English
Origin: oththe
1. POSSIBILITIES/CHOICES used between two words or phrases to show that either of two things is possible, or used before the last in a list of possibilities or choices:Origin: oththe
... or anything/something spoken (=or something of the same kind)
2. AND NOT used after a negative verb when you mean not one thing and also not another thing:
3. AVOIDING BAD RESULT used to say that something bad could happen if someone does not do a particular thing:
4. CORRECTION used to correct something that you have said or to give more specific information:
5. PROOF used to prove that something must be true, by saying that the situation would be different if it was not true:
6. UNCERTAIN AMOUNTS used to show that you are guessing at an amount or number because you cannot be exact:
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