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。
• 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。
• Dunk new plants in a bucket of water for an hour or so before planting.
  栽种新植物之前将它们在水桶中浸泡一小时左右。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。