You can send letters by mail or by hand.

你可以邮寄或者派人送信件。

Is that painting an original or a reproduction?

那幅画是原作还是复制品？

Which do you prefer, lamb chops or pork chops?

你比较喜欢小羊排,还是猪排?

Hurry up or else you'll be late.

快，否则你就要来不及了。

Don't rush at your work or you will spoil it.

不要匆忙地做你的工作，否则你会把它做坏的。

Is your sister older or younger than you?

你的姐妹比你大还是小？

Are you coming or not?

你来还是不来？

Is it a boy or a girl?

是个男孩还是女孩？

It can be black, white or grey.

它可能是黑的、白的或灰的。

He can't read or write.

他不会读，不会写。

There are people without homes, jobs or family.

有人既无房屋，又无工作，又无家庭。

Turn the heat down or it'll burn.

把炉火开小一些，不然就烧焦了。

There were six or seven of us there.

我们约有六、七个人在场。

geology, or the science of the earth's crust

地质学，或者说地壳的科学

It weighs a kilo, or just over two pounds.

这东西重一公斤，或者说两磅多一点儿。

He must like her, or he wouldn't keep calling her.

他一定喜欢她，不然他不会老给她打电话。

He was lying'u2500or was he?

他在说谎，还是没有说谎？

It'll cost 'u20ac100 or so.

这大约要花100欧元。

He's a factory supervisor or something.

他是工厂监督一类的人吧。

'u2018Who said so? 'u2019 'u2018Oh, somebody or other. I can't remember who it was. 'u2019

“这是谁说的？”“啊，某一个人吧，我记不清是谁了。”

'Tea or coffee?' John asked...

“喝茶还是喝咖啡？”约翰问道。

Was she blonde or brunette?...

她的头发是金色还是深褐色？

Items like bread, milk and meat were either unavailable or could be obtained only on the black market...

像面包、牛奶和肉之类的东西要么是买不到，要么就是只能去黑市买。

Either you can talk to him, or I will...

要么你跟他谈，要么我去。

Everyone benefited from limiting their intake of tea to just three or four cups a day...

每天只喝三四杯茶对身体有益。

When I was nine or ten someone explained to me that when you are grown up you have to work...

我大概9岁或10岁的时候，有人跟我说人长大了就得工作。

The man was a fool, he thought, or at least incompetent...

他想道，那人是个傻瓜，或者说，至少很无能。

There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought...

他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。

She had to have the operation, or she would die.

她必须动手术，要不然就没命了。

He must have thought Jane was worth it or he wouldn't have wasted time on her, I suppose.

我想，他一定认为简值得他这么做，否则他不会在她身上浪费时间。

Chairman or no, if I want to stop the project, I can...

不管我是不是主席，只要我想停止这个项目，我就能做到。

The first difficulty is that, old-fashioned or not, it is very good.

首要的难题是，过时也好，不过时也罢，它很不错。

The next day, rain or no rain, it was business as usual...

第二天是否下雨都没有差别，一切照常进行。

Oil or no oil, Serbia has troubles.

不管是否有石油，塞尔维亚的困难都会存在。

1. Answer yes or no.
   回答是或不是。
2. You can go by air or by train.
   你可以坐飞机去,也可以坐火车去。
3. They are living in England or they are spending a vacation there.
   他们住在英格兰或者是在那里度假。
4. A boy or two girls are at home.
   一个男孩或两个女孩在家。
5. Mr. Jones or I am to speak at the meeting.
   会上由琼斯或我来发言。
6. Is the flower red or blue?
   那花是红的还是蓝的?
7. He didn't decide whether to go to the film or to watch TV.
   他还没有定下来去看电影还是看电视。
8. Take a vacation, or you'll get sick.
   你休假吧,不然会生病的。
9. He cannot read or write.
   他不会看书,也不会写字。

either...or

或者…或者…,不是…就是…(used to show a choice of two alternatives)

or else

用以表示威胁(used as a threat)

or rather

说得更确切些或加以更正(used when making a statement more accurate or correct)

or so

大约about

whether or not

无论whatever

• or%20so">or so大约
• or%20else">or else否则
• or%20something">or something诸如此类的什么...
• or%20garden">common or garden普通的(平凡的)...
• or%20two">one or two一两个(一些)...
• or%20somewhere">or somewhere或别的地方
• or%20rather">or rather确切地说, 说得更准...
• or%20otherwise">or otherwise或相反
• or%20bustle">without hurry or bustle不慌不忙
• or%20later">sooner or later迟早
• or%20cut%20bait">fish or cut bait要么全力以赴要么索性...
• or%20quits">double or quits要么债务加倍(要么一...
• or%20shine">rain or shine不论晴雨(无论如何)...
• or%20die">do or die决一死战
• or%20high%20water">come hell or high water不论有什么困难或障碍...
• or_2E">or.=oregon
• or-nothing">all-or-nothing全有或全无的...
• either任一的
• or">or或者
• or">and/or及(或)

• It was midnight or they departed.

  出自：G. Cavendish

• A periodical..with which you may or may not be familiar.

  出自：R. Macaulay

• Cockroaches or no cockroaches he must get his shoes.

  出自：F. Reid

• Four or five mounds of newly-turned earth.

  出自：R. Adams

• He was often called a nut-case or a twit or a weirdo.

  出自：J. Wilson

交通

B：It’s (faster/ slower/ more expensive) than taking the busor the subway.
这比坐公车或搭地铁（快/慢/贵）。

or的反义词

A：Oh, o.k.
噢，好吧。

请求帮助

or的意思

A：Excuse me; could you lend me some of your records?
打扰一下，请问您能借给我一些你的磁带吗？

B：Until when?
到什么时候？

A：Until Mondayor Tuesday of next week.
到下周一或周二。

B：No problem.
没问题。

在商店

A：May I help you find something,or are you just looking?
要我帮您挑选点什么还是您自己先看看？

B：I’m just looking.
我就看一看。

A：Then. Take your time, please.
那请您慢慢看。

B：Thank you.
谢谢。