| 词组 | or |
| 释义 | or You use or when you are mentioning two or more alternatives or possibilities. You use or to link nouns, noun groups, adjectives, adverbials, verbs, or clauses. Would you like some coffee or tea, Dr Floyd? A bad tax or an unjust law can be changed. It is better to defer planting if the ground is very wet or frosty. Girls may do some work with their mothers in the fields or help in the house. ◊ used with negative words You use or instead of 'and' after using a negative word. For example, you say 'I do not like coffee or tea'. You do not say 'I do not like coffee and tea'. The situation is just not fair on the children or their parents. Price is not always an indicator of quality or suitability. I am not detached or remote. The reflectors still work because they have no batteries or circuits to wear out. ◊ verb agreement When you link two or more nouns using or, you use a plural verb after plural count nouns, and a singular verb after singular count nouns or uncount nouns. Even minor amendments or innovations were given heavy publicity. If your wife or husband is proficient in English there are many study courses from which they can choose. ◊ 'either ... or' You use either with or when you are mentioning two alternatives and you want to indicate that no other alternatives are possible. Either goes in front of the first alternative and or goes in front of the second one. Most of the fuel rods were either wholly melted down or substantially damaged. See entry at ↑ ◊ linking more than two items When you are linking more than two items, you usually only put or in front of the last one. After each of the others you put a comma. Often the comma is omitted in front of or. Savings may come in useful for holidays, for expensive items of clothing, or perhaps for buying a car. The costs of progress are all too often ignored, concealed or written off. ◊ used to begin a sentence You do not normally put or at the beginning of a sentence, but you can sometimes do so when you are reporting what someone says or thinks. I may go home and have a steak. Or I may have some spaghetti. Was the horror forgotten? Or buried? ◊ used for correcting You can use or when you are correcting a mistake you have made, or when you think of a more appropriate word or expression than the one you have just used. They all remembered, or thought they remembered, how they had seen Smith charging ahead of them. When you use or like this, you often put 'rather' after it. One picture speaks volumes. Or rather lies volumes. |
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