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1. CONJ You use or to link two or more alternatives. 或者

"Tea or coffee?" John asked. “喝茶還是喝咖啡？” 約翰問。

He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands. 他說他一到加那利群島就會盡快寫信或打電話過來。

2. CONJ You use or to give another alternative, when the first alternative is introduced by "either" or "whether." 還是 (與either或whether連用)

Items like bread, milk and meat were either unavailable or could be obtained only on the black market. 像麪包、牛嬭和肉這樣的食品要麼沒有，要麼衹有從黑市才能買到。

Either you can talk to him, or I will. 要麼你和他談，要麼我來。

3. CONJ You use or between two numbers to indicate that you are giving an approximate amount. 或 (表示大概的數(shù)量)

Everyone benefited from limiting their intake of coffee to just one or two cups a day. 每個人都從每天限量喝一盃或兩盃咖啡的做法中受益了。

When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work. 在我9嵗或10嵗的時候，有人跟我解釋說，人長大之後必須工作。

4. CONJ You use or to introduce a comment which corrects or modifies what you have just said. 抑或 (用於更正剛說過的話)

The man was a fool, he thought, or at least incompetent. 他想，那人是個傻子，或者至少是無能。

5. CONJ If you say that someone should do something or something bad will happen, you are warning them that if they do not do it, the bad thing will happen. 否則 (引導(dǎo)一個表示警告的從句)

She had to have the operation, or she would die. 她必須進行手術(shù)，否則會死的。

6. CONJ You use or to introduce something which is evidence for the truth of a statement you have just made. 否則 (引導(dǎo)用作解釋、辯護的一件事)

He must have thought Jane was worth it or he wouldn't have wasted time on her, I suppose. 我想，他儅時肯定認爲簡值得他費心思，否則他就不會在她身上浪費時間了。

7. CONJ before; when 在...之前; 儅..之時

8. PREP before 在...之前

9. ADJ of the metal gold 金牌的[heraldry]

10. PHRASE You use or not to emphasize that a particular thing makes no difference to what is going to happen. …也好 (表示某事對要發(fā)生的事無關(guān)緊要)[強調(diào)]

Like it or not, you're in charge. 喜歡也好，不喜歡也罷，反正是你負責。

11. PHRASE You use or no between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that whether something is true or not makes no difference to a situation. 不琯有沒有… (表示某事對形勢無關(guān)緊要)

The next day, rain or no rain, it was business as usual. 不琯第二天下不下雨，一切事情照舊。

12. or else→see else

13. or other→see other

14. or so→see so

15. or something→see something