It’ll cost €100 or so. ;&Aftic4£ 100
gfcXo or
some- body/something/somewhere| somebody/something/ somewhere or other (informal) used when you are not exactly sure
about a person, thing or place ( AX*4 A, %, ffej&XAXJEJS )
: He’s
a factory supervisor or something, *AftABB0 0 ‘Who said so?’
‘Oh, somebody or other. I can’t remember who
it was.’ “jiJtMft? ” ft-^'AmS,
IlciBXIi J§
iiTo ”
-orsuffix (in nouns I^J^t^M]) a person or
thing that A ( iktyj ) actor MM — compare -ee(1), -er(1) or acle /‘orakl;
NAmE 'o:r-; 'a:r-/ noun [C] 1 (in ancient Greece) a place
where people could go to ask the gods for advice or information about the
future; the priest or priestess through whom the gods were thought
to give their message ( X# Jin ft ) 4>4X0r; (
ft ) Al£4]: They consulted the
oracle at
Ml£ISX5g#XJ?frft4fHiXo 2 (in ancient
45 ) ; 4X.J$P I?H: My sister’s the oracle on
investment matters.
or
acu lar /a'raekj0la(r)/
adj. (formal or humorous) of or like an oracle; with a
hidden meaning 4$ i$r4£ft; A 45 fl£ft; i^HiHiJift
oracy /'airasi/ noun [U] (formal) the ability to express yourself
well in speech p i|[t£ jr\; p ilpJCX- oral /'oiral/ adj., noun
madj. 1 [usually before noun] spoken rather than written P Aft: a ^st of both oral and
written French P fR o oral evidence
P XiEM? o He was interested in oral history (= history that is collected from
interviews with people who have personal knowledge of past events). 4tkA4P j£J9j —
compare verbal(2) o note at
spoken 2 [only before noun] connected with the mouth fflPft; P©ft; PlRft: oral hygiene RKl4o oral sex (= using the mouth to stimulate sb’s sex organs)
SYNONYMS
choice ♦ alternative ♦
possibility
These
are all words for sth that you choose to do in a particular situation. HTfti�
option something that you can
choose to have or do; the freedom to choose what you do j®#, 3&4?ft @ As I see it, we have two
options ... o Students have
the option of studying abroad in their second year. XX f£::A^
14 X 4A 4£ ill IIX EEPlOption is also
the word used in
computing for one of the choices you can make when using a computer program. * option ]$ JlftiM, Choose the‘Cut’option
from the Edit menu. “M”
Mo
choice the freedom to choose
what you do; something that you can choose to have or do 4§j$;#4X 32s#|ft g &, IT3&#ft##J: If I had the choice, I would
stop working tomorrow, ABJXtfcfflh
X#
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There is a wide range of choices open to you. #;
wmAft«^tfio
alternativesomething that you can choose to
have or do out of two or more possibilities oJX^^ft^
4A You can be paid in cash weekly or
by cheque monthly: those are the two alternatives. #jft
OPTION, CHOICE OR ALTERNATIVE? option, choice jE Ml alternative ?
Choice is slightly less formal than option and
alternative is slightly more formal. Choice is most often used
for ‘the freedom to choose’, although you can sometimes also use option (but
not usually alternative).
*
choice option 4$14-.iEA, ffff alternative
P 3c 3 (phonetics i# #) (of a speech
sound i§- iff) produced without the air in the nose vibrating p ISA X ft
; P © ft — compare nasal(3) ► or-al-ly /‘airali/ adv. : Answers
can be written or presented orally on tape. 0 not to be
taken orally (= a warning on some
medicines to show that they must not be swallowed) X# R
oral M ilf K 0 He failed the oral, fife P ist X R 4& „
2
(NAmE) a spoken exam in a
university ( A X M ft )
pK
,oral ‘history noun [u] the collection and study of historical
information using sound recordings of interviews with people who remember past
events P &JA& ( ) ; P&M£X
oral-ism /'airalizam/
noun [U] the system of
teaching deaf people to communicate using speech and lip- reading Pi£ftX& (
> oral-ist/-ist/ adj.
Of-ange tH*/'Drind3; NAmE'oir-; 'a:r-/ noun,
adj. mnoun [C, U] 1 a round citrus fruit with thick reddish-
yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice ©X; 4448. orange
peel 44 48 4c 0 an orange tree It 44 o freshly
squeezed orange juice It 0 orange
groves (= groups of
orange
trees) It 44 A o orange blossom 14 lilt —picture o page R17 — see also blood orange 2 (BrE) orange juice, or a
drink made from or tasting of oranges It; 48 It tt 44: Would you like some
orange ? '% 4J. n|§ A |§ It ? 0 A vodka and orange, please, if A^fev®lt
A #tP'Mo 3 a bright reddish-yellow colour 48
Mfe
ESI
see apple
n.
madj.
1 bright reddish-yellow in colour It tlX ft; 48H & ft
: yellow and orange flames M fe 4P W: ft A 4S
2
3£X»45U£&#ft
g choice, XMXBtXoJ
f| option, ffiii#XM
alternative: If I
had the choice/ option, I would ... ##•'• o If I had the
alternative, I would : o parental choice in education A#4£#t#Affifti$5#4X. o parentaloption/alternative in education Things that you can
choose are options, choices
or
alternatives.
However,
alternative is more frequently
used to talk about choosing between two things rather than several. AX option,
choice ^ alternative XM,
alternative
possibility one of the different
things that you can do in a particular situation ETWii&^ft^f^:
We
need to explore a wide range of possibilities. ffcjnHS
44ft1#Eo o The
possibilities are endless. WiiftA'MJiX^fto EEH3 Possibility can be used in a
similar way to option,
choice and
alternative, but the emphasis here
is less on the need to make a choice, and more on what is available. * possibility ftX4£^f option, choice fP alternative 44XiX
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS * with/without the
option/choice/possibility of sth
■a(n) good/acceptable/reasonable/possible option/
choice/alternative
■
the only option/choice/alternative/possibility
open to sb
■your
best option/alternative (is
to ... j
■
to have a(n)/the option/choice
of doing sth
■
to have no option/choice/alternative
(but to do sth)
■
a number/range of options/choices/alternatives/
possibilities
not much option/choice