[noun phrase] or [noun phrase]
表示选择,连接两个对等的名词短语。
Tea or coffee?
茶还是咖啡?
或;还是
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
或;还是
Used to link two or more alternatives.
Tea or coffee?
茶还是咖啡?
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
包含或;两个命题中至少一个为真,或两者皆为真。
Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
在计算机语言中实现包含或的词汇符号。
A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
Do you want tea or coffee?
你想要茶还是咖啡?
Hurry up, or you'll be late.
快点儿,否则你会迟到的。
You can choose red, blue, or green.
你可以选择红色、蓝色或绿色。
表示选择,连接两个对等的名词短语。
Tea or coffee?
茶还是咖啡?
用于强调两者择一。
You can have either tea or coffee.
你可以要么喝茶,要么喝咖啡。
用于询问对方是否做某事。
Do you want to go or not?
你想去还是不想去?
表示如果不做前面的动作,就会产生不好的结果。
Hurry up, or else you'll be late.
快点,否则你会迟到的。
Not this
I want to eat apple and orange.
Use this
I want to eat apple or orange.
在肯定句中表示选择(二选一)时,应该用连词 'or'(或),而不是 'and'(和)。'and' 表示并列,'or' 表示选择。
Not this
He doesn't like coffee and tea.
Use this
He doesn't like coffee or tea.
在否定句中,列举并列成分时应该用 'or' 而不是 'and'。因为否定词 'doesn't' 作用于整个并列结构,使用 'or' 才能正确表达 '咖啡和茶他都不喜欢' 的含义。
Not this
Do you want tea or do you want coffee?
Use this
Do you want tea or coffee?
在疑问句中列举选项时,通常不需要重复 'do you want',直接使用 'or' 连接两个名词即可。这样更简洁自然,符合英语习惯。
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Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
要么……要么……;不是……就是……
You can either call me or send an email.
你可以给我打电话,也可以给我发电子邮件。
与否;是不是
Are you coming or not?
你到底来不来?
大约;……左右
I'll be back in ten minutes or so.
我大约十分钟后回来。
或者什么的;诸如此类
Are you tired or something?
你是累了还是怎么的?
差不多;大体上
The work is more or less finished.
这项工作差不多完成了。
一两个;少数几个
I have one or two questions to ask.
我有一两个问题要问。
孤注一掷;要么全有,要么全无
She's playing all or nothing in the final round.
她在最后一轮中孤注一掷。
机不可失;要么现在,要么永不
It's now or never for the team to qualify.
现在正是球队出线的关键时刻,机不可失。
成败在此一举;自生自灭
They threw me into the job with no training, so it was sink or swim.
他们让我毫无培训地接手工作,是成是败全靠我自己。
生存还是毁灭,这是一个值得思考的问题。
This line from Hamlet asks whether it is better to live or die.
这句来自《哈姆雷特》的台词问的是,活着和死去哪个更好。
不自由,毋宁死!
Patrick Henry urged his audience to choose liberty or death.
帕特里克·亨利呼吁听众在自由和死亡之间做出选择。
Use OR naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想:'or' 像两扇门,可选左门、右门,也可两门都开——这就是'包含或'。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常对话与一般书面语、逻辑推理与数学、编程与计算机环境 or 作为并列连词,口语和书面语中都较常见,属于中性用法;在逻辑或编程讨论中可表示“包含或”,但日常交流中很少刻意区分。请根据场景自然选用。
用于连接两个或多个选择项
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