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 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。
• Completion of this bridge is expected in a year or so.
  这座桥一年半载可望竣工。
• 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。
• 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。
• Great clouds of black smoke were rising for several hundred feet or so.
  大片的黑色烟云升至大约几百英尺的空中。
• There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought
  他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。
• 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。
• The war had ended only a month or so before.
  战争大约一个月前才刚刚结束。
• There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the railway station
  在火车站附近大约有100家旅馆。
• 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。