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Used to indicate an alternative, usually only before the last term of a series:
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hot or cold; this, that, or the other.
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Used to indicate the second of two alternatives, the first being preceded by either or whether :
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Your answer is either ingenious or wrong. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Archaic Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether.
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Used to indicate a synonymous or equivalent expression:
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acrophobia, or fear of great heights.
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Used to indicate uncertainty or indefiniteness:
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two or three.
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Middle English
ä¸å¤è±è¯
from other [or] from Old English other from oththe
æºèª other [æè ] æºèª å¤è±è¯ other æºèª oththe
and from outher from Old English ³³ther} * see either
并æºèª outher æºèª å¤è±è¯ ³³ther} *åè§ either
When all the elements in a series connected by or are singular, the verb they govern is singular:
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Tom or Jack is coming.
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Beer, ale, or wine is included in the charge.
å¤é æè¡èé åå·²å æ¬å¨å¸åä¸ã
When all the elements are plural, the verb is plural. When the elements do not agree in number, some grammarians have suggested that the verb be governed by the element to which it is nearer:
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Tom or his sisters are coming.
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The girls or their brother is coming.
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Cold symptoms or headache is the usual first sign.
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Other grammarians, however, have argued that such constructions must be avoided and that substitutes be found in which the problem of agreement does not arise:
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Either Tom is coming or his sisters are.
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Used to indicate an alternative, usually only before the last term of a series:
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hot or cold; this, that, or the other.
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Used to indicate the second of two alternatives, the first being preceded by either or whether :
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Your answer is either ingenious or wrong. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Archaic Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether.
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Used to indicate a synonymous or equivalent expression:
ç¨æ¥è¡¨ç¤ºä¸ä¸ªåä¹è¯æçåç表示ï¼
acrophobia, or fear of great heights.
æé«çæ对é«å¤çææ§
Used to indicate uncertainty or indefiniteness:
ç¨æ¥è¡¨ç¤ºä¸å¤ªç¡®å®æä¸å¤ªç¡®åï¼
two or three.
äºæä¸
Middle English
ä¸å¤è±è¯
from other [or] from Old English other from oththe
æºèª other [æè ] æºèª å¤è±è¯ other æºèª oththe
and from outher from Old English ³³ther} * see either
并æºèª outher æºèª å¤è±è¯ ³³ther} *åè§ either
When all the elements in a series connected by or are singular, the verb they govern is singular:
å½ä¸ç³»åäºç©ä¸ç±or æ¥è¿æ¥çå项å为åæ°æ¶ï¼ å ¶åå¨è¯ä¹ç¨åæ°å½¢æï¼
Tom or Jack is coming.
汤å§ææ°å è¦æ¥ã
Beer, ale, or wine is included in the charge.
å¤é æè¡èé åå·²å æ¬å¨å¸åä¸ã
When all the elements are plural, the verb is plural. When the elements do not agree in number, some grammarians have suggested that the verb be governed by the element to which it is nearer:
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Tom or his sisters are coming.
汤å§æå ¶å§å¦¹è¦æ¥ã
The girls or their brother is coming.
女å©å们æå ¶å å¼è¦æ¥ã
Cold symptoms or headache is the usual first sign.
æåçç¶æåç§å¤´çé常æ¯ç¬¬ä¸ä¿¡å·ã
Other grammarians, however, have argued that such constructions must be avoided and that substitutes be found in which the problem of agreement does not arise:
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Either Tom is coming or his sisters are.
ä¸æ¯æ±¤å§å°±æ¯å¥¹çå§å¦¹ä»¬è¦æ¥ã
The usual first sign may be either cold symptoms or a headache. See Usage Note at and/or, either, neither, nor 1
é常第ä¸ä¿¡å·ä¸æ¯æåçç¶ä¾¿æ¯åç§å¤´ç åè§ and/orï¼ eitherï¼ neitherï¼ nor1
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第1个回答 2012-08-29
conj.或,或者;还是;不然,否则;左右