副 （或许； 也许） perhaps，maybe，probably；连 （或者） or，either... or...；代 [书] （某人； 有的人） someone，some people ；

[例句] 如果皮肤发红、瘙痒或脱皮，要向医生咨询。 If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.

[例句] 等蛋糕温热或凉至室温时切成四方块端上桌。 Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares.

（也许） perhaps，maybe，belike，haply，probably ；

[例句] 我想你或许想要读一下信封里的内容。 I thought you might like to read the enclosed.

[例句] 如果当时我再多说一点的话，结果或许会不一样。 Things might have been different if I'd talked a bit more.

perhaps，maybe，or，either ... or ...，peradventure ；

[例句] 请记住，幸福不在于你是谁或者你拥有什么，而仅仅取决于你的心态！ Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie

[例句] 明亮的流星，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。 A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.

occasionally，now and then，sometimes，once in a while，at long intervals ；

[例句] 她间或会给他打个电话。 Once in a while she phoned him.

[例句] 我为了糊口仍然间或去做服务员。 I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself.

[经] probability ；

[例句] 或然性和自由意志这两个哲学问题是紧密相关的。 The philosophical problems of chance and of free will are closely related.

[例句] 当我们需要某件东西时, 我们总得考虑或然性. When we want something, we always have to reckon with probabilities.

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[例句] 对于现代化坦克或飞机,亦无有效的防御方法. There was no dependable defense against a modern tank or plane.

[例句] 他们用船(或飞机)把更多的军队运到埃及去. They embark more troops for Egypt.

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[例句] 动物或植物繁殖时, 他们产仔或种子. When animals or plants reproduce, they bring forth young ones or seeds.

[例句] 这一生物化学上抑制动物或植物的取食被称谓 “ 他感作用 ”. This biochemical inhibition of feeding by animals or plants is called " allelopathy ".

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[例句] 批评该研究的人指出,控制不当能带来严重的健康或环境问题. Critics of the research claim that inadequate control could cause serious health or environmental problems.

[例句] 在多道程序设计(系统或环境)中,特指(计算机运行的一些)状态, 在这种状态下,只执行优先级(较)低的程序. In multiprogramming, the conditions under which low - priority programs are executed.

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[例句] 后勤或行政专业. Degree in logistic or admin.

[例句] 高级文书人员或行政秘书职位要求办公管理相关经验. Experience a senior clerical or executive secretarial position related to office administration is usually required.

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[例句] 对策: 更换抗水性好的油墨, 或加入抗水助剂. Countermeasures: replacement of water resistance , or join a envirogluvtm anti - moisture cocatalyst.

[例句] 甘草糖一种用甘草根制成或加入甘草根的糖果. A confection made from or flavored with the licorice root.

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[例句] 由陆、海、空运输的船货或货物. Cargo or goods which are carried by land or sea or air.

[例句] 渡运用渡船跨过水体运送 ( 人 、 车或货物 ) To transport ( people , vehicles, or goods ) by boat across a body of water.

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[例句] 一种把数据或信息加到现存的记录中去的过程或方法. A procedure for adding data or information to an existing record.

[例句] 将串行数据转换为并行数据的过程或方法. The procedure of converting serial data into parallel data.

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[例句] 在减法运算中, 从被减数减去的那个数或量. In a subtraction operation, the number or quantity subtracted from the minuend.

[例句] 在加法运算中, 加到被加数上的数或量. In an addition operation, a number or quantity added to the augend.

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[例句] 获得知识: 如通过观察或研究来获得知识. Discover: To obtain knowledge of, as through observation or study.

[例句] 每个学生都应该要有一名指导教授,指导其学业或研究. Every student shall have an adviser of studies or research.

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[例句] 现在很多孩子在单亲家庭中出生或成长。 Many children are now born into or raised in one-parent families.

[例句] 大多数小型或成长 型 公司都只采用有限的股份融资. Most small or growth - stage businesses use limited equity financing.

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[例句] 雷酸形成的一种盐或酯. An explosive salt of fulminic acid fulminate of mercury.

[例句] 异氰酸形成的一种盐或酯. A double salt of platinous cyanide and another cyanide.

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[例句] 在最庄严的时刻他脸上会闪现嘲弄的微笑或说一句讽刺挖苦的话。 At the most solemn moments he will flash a mocking smile or make an ironic remark.

[例句] 380年,西奥多修斯一世降临, 或说正式地进入君士坦丁堡. Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.

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[例句] V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。 The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.

[例句] 地球的经度是用格林尼治子午线向东或向西的度数来表示的. Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian.

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[例句] 这些都不同程度地制约或影响了我省经济更快、更好地发展. These factors restrict the economy develops of AnHui province in vary degrees.

[例句] 同时会增加你的保险风险或影响你的驾驶权. This could increase your insurance premiums or affect your right to drive.

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[例句] 我们就不会停止批评 、 革新 、 鼓吹, 或指责我们不能企及的东西. Criticize, reform, or preach, or censure what we cannot reach.

[例句] 牧师们用恳求的或指责的口气写信给他们. Ministers wrote them in appealing or denunciatory vein.