【问】 Moreover，unlike some of the other insect eaters，spiders never do the least harm to us orour belongings.(New Concept English，Book 4，P.8)

[原译]而且，不象其它一些吃昆虫的动物，蜘蛛从来就不危害我们或我们的财产。(中译本)

在英语否定句中or也表示选择关系吗?

【答】 应当注意，在否定句中，连接同等成分的连接词一般不用and，而用or。换言之，否定句中的or一般并不表示选择关系。先举几个简单易懂的例子，加以说明：

1. He can’t add or substract.

他不会加减。

2. A sheep was not moving about or eating grass like the others.

有一只羊的行动和吃草的样子，跟别的羊不一样。

3. If there were no gravity you would not be able to talk or shout or hear anything at all.

要是没有地心引力，我们就不能谈话，不能叫喊，也听不到声音。

[试译]……蜘蛛从不危害我们，也不危害我们的财产。

请做下面的英语试题：

In Roman law a woman was known first as her father’s daughter and later as her husband’s wife; she had no name nor identity of her own. (TOEFL.79.5)