or

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(wèn)。

He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands. 他說(shuō)他一到加那利群島就會(huì)盡快寫(xiě)信或打電話過(guò)來(lái)。

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. 像面包、牛奶和肉這樣的食品要么沒(méi)有，要么只有從黑市才能買(mǎi)到。

Either you can talk to him, or I will. 要么你和他談，要么我來(lái)。

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(gè)人都從每天限量喝一杯或兩杯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歲或10歲的時(shí)候，有人跟我解釋說(shuō)，人長(zhǎng)大之后必須工作。

4. CONJ You use or to introduce a comment which corrects or modifies what you have just said. 抑或 (用于更正剛說(shuō)過(guò)的話)

The man was a fool, he thought, or at least incompetent. 他想，那人是個(gè)傻子，或者至少是無(wú)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(gè)表示警告的從句)

She had to have the operation, or she would die. 她必須進(jìn)行手術(shù)，否則會(huì)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(hù)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，他當(dāng)時(shí)肯定認(rèn)為簡(jiǎn)值得他費(fèi)心思，否則他就不會(huì)在她身上浪費(fèi)時(shí)間了。

7. CONJ before; when 在...之前; 當(dāng)..之時(shí)

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(duì)要發(fā)生的事無(wú)關(guān)緊要)[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Like it or not, you're in charge. 喜歡也好，不喜歡也罷，反正是你負(fù)責(zé)。

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. 不管有沒(méi)有… (表示某事對(duì)形勢(shì)無(wú)關(guān)緊要)

The next day, rain or no rain, it was business as usual. 不管第二天下不下雨，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