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

• 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。
• There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought
  他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。
• Though rates are heading down, they still offer real returns of 8% or so
  尽管利率在下降，它们仍然能提供8%左右的实际收益率。
• Matt got me a room there for a week or so when I first came here
  我初次来到这里的时候，马特找了个房间让我住了大约一个星期。
• 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。
• Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build.
  通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。
• He did buy me those daffodils a week or so ago
  他确实在大约一个星期前给我买了那些水仙花。
• She reeled off the titles of a dozen or so of the novels.
  她脱口说出十几本小说的书名。
• But he said kinsfolk was kinsfolk, and promises was promises, so he'd go for a day or so, and then it would be over.
  可是他说亲戚到底是亲戚，既然答应了去，就只能去一趟，住上一两天也就算了。
• 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。