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POSSIBILITIES/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 spoken

Shall we go out to the cinema or stay at home?

我们是出去看电影还是留在家里？

You can have ham, cheese or tuna.

你可以选择火腿、干酪或者金枪鱼。

… or anything/something

Would you like a coffee or something?

你想来杯咖啡或别的什么饮料吗？

She wasn’t involved in drugs or anything like that .

她没有参与吸毒或这一类的事情。

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.

你必须亲自做这件事，或者雇别人去做。

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AND 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，甚至都没有主动提出过洗碗碟。

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AVOIDING 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。

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CORRECTION

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.

约翰用他的车接我们，或者说是从他爸爸那里借来的车。

We’ve cleaned it all up, or at least most of it.

我们把它全部清扫了一遍，或者说至少是清扫了大部分。

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PROOF

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.

那件事显然不急，否则他们会直接给我们打电话的。

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UNCERTAIN AMOUNTS

不确定的数量

used to show that you are guessing at an amount or number because you cannot be exact 或，或者〔表示对某个量或数不很确定〕

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) .

这条路上离这里大约一英里的地方有家汽车旅馆。