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

• 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。
• Very little was done to progress the case in the first 10 or so months after K was charged.
  在K被指控后最初的10个月左右，这个案子进展缓慢。
• In a day or so he will be as good as new.
  他大概一天工夫就会恢复过来。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！
• 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。
• Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so
  有一些种子发芽快，所以差不多每天得察看一下。
• It is good enough to earn ten thousand yuan or so a month.
  一个月赚个万儿八千的相当不错了。
• Many of the 100,000 or so families who lost their homes in the earthquake have still not been rehoused
  有10万户左右的家庭在地震中失去了家园，其中许多家庭还没有得到安置。
• Though he has lived in Beijing for ten years or so, he still speaks with a heavy accent.
  他虽然在北京住了十来年，可家乡口音一点儿没改。