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  CONJ（连词） You use or to link two or more alternatives. 或者

  例：

  "Tea or coffee?" John asked.

  “喝茶还是喝咖啡？” 约翰问。

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  CONJ（连词） You use or to give another alternative, when the first alternative is introduced by "either" or "whether." 还是 (与either或whether连用)

  例：

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

  像面包、牛奶和肉这样的食品要么没有，要么只有从黑市才能买到。

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  CONJ（连词） You use or between two numbers to indicate that you are giving an approximate amount. 或 (表示大概的数量)

  例：

  Everyone benefited from limiting their intake of coffee to just one or two cups a day.

  每个人都从每天限量喝一杯或两杯咖啡的做法中受益了。

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  CONJ（连词） You use or to introduce a comment which corrects or modifies what you have just said. 抑或 (用于更正刚说过的话)

  例：

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

  他想，那人是个傻子，或者至少是无能。

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  CONJ（连词） If you say that someone should do something or something bad will happen, you are warning them that if they do not do it, the bad thing will happen. 否则 (引导一个表示警告的从句)

  例：

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

  她必须进行手术，否则会死的。

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  CONJ（连词） You use or to introduce something which is evidence for the truth of a statement you have just made. 否则 (引导用作解释、辩护的一件事)

  例：

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

  我想，他当时肯定认为简值得他费心思，否则他就不会在她身上浪费时间了。

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  CONJ（连词） before; when 在...之前; 当..之时
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  PREP（介词） before 在...之前
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  ADJ（形容词） of the metal gold 金牌的 [heraldry]
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  PHRASE（习语） You use or not to emphasize that a particular thing makes no difference to what is going to happen. …也好 (表示某事对要发生的事无关紧要)[强调]

  例：

  Like it or not, you're in charge.

  喜欢也好，不喜欢也罢，反正是你负责。

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  PHRASE（习语） You use or no between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that whether something is true or not makes no difference to a situation. 不管有没有… (表示某事对形势无关紧要)

  例：

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

  不管第二天下不下雨，一切事情照旧。

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  （） or else →see else
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  （） or other →see other
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  （） or so →see so
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  （） or something →see something