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

• 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。
• 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。
• There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought
  他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！
• 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。
• The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry.
  司机通常花4小时左右的时间帮忙装货和打理货车。