or so

英 [ɔː(r) səʊ]

美 [ɔːr soʊ]

…左右;…上下

英英释义

adv

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  1. lasted approximately an hour
  2. in just about a minute
  3. he's about 30 years old
  4. I've had about all I can stand
  5. we meet about once a month
  6. some forty people came
  7. weighs around a hundred pounds
  8. roughly $3,000
  9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
  10. 20 or so people were at the party
  Synonym:approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessaround

双语例句

• The war had ended only a month or so before.
  战争大约一个月前才刚刚结束。
• This, perhaps, explains the dozen or so points that Krugman makes over and over.
  这也许有助于解释克鲁格曼反复宣扬的那差不多一打经济观点。
• We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success
  我们还得等一周左右才能知道手术是否成功。
• Why don't you walk the dog round for half an hour or so? it'll give you some exercise, and probably calm you.
  你怎么不带着狗儿去遛半小时左右呢？这可以使你锻炼一下身体，或许会使你平静下来。
• There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought
  他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。
• They felt that, at 69 or so, Mr Peters was past his prime.
  他们觉得69岁左右的彼得斯先生已经风光不再了。
• It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing
  仅仅约一个小时之后，我发现我的枪不见了。
• I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away
  我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。
• Having lived in Shanghai for a decade or so, he still leans towards his native dishes.
  在上海虽已住了10年左右，他还是喜欢吃家乡菜。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！