The American reluctance to move faster was not-or at least not only-a case of dithering.
美国不愿意急于表态、快速行动并不是——或至少不仅仅是——慌张犹豫不决。
你来还是不来？
Like it or not, you're in charge.
喜欢也好，不喜欢也罢，反正是你负责。
We are not certain whether the appendix had already burst or not.
我们不能确定阑尾破了没有。
It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not.
这不是人们会不会注意到的问题。
He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention.
他说在拘留期间没有遭到拷问和虐待。
He has not studied mechanics or engineering.
他没有学习过力学或者工程学。
The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle.
这调味汁不能煮沸，不然蛋黄会凝结。
Either he could not come or he did not want to.
他要么是不能来要么就是不想来。
The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.
那些窗帘纯粹用于装饰目的，不能开合。
These are not seconds, or unbranded goods, but first-quality products.
这些既不是次品也不是无牌货，而是质量一流的产品。
He does not smoke or take drugs.
他既不抽烟也不吸毒。
I'm going whether you like it or not.
不管你愿意不愿意，我都要走了。
Their desire for social drama is not—or not only—a way of distracting themselves from their schoolwork or of driving adults crazy.
他们对社交戏剧的渴望不是——或者不仅仅是——一种让他们从学业中分心或者让成年人发疯的方式。
He could not or would not say.
他不能也不愿说。
It seems not or somebody has recently received a large fax.
好像不是，或者是最近有人收到很多传真。
They can be used to further filter the descriptor to find those structures that are not or could not be characterized yet.
它们可用来进一步过滤此描述符来寻找那些尚未或尚不能被特征化的结构。
However, through the rational part of the brain, we are also able to feel empathy for someone feeling something we have not or are incapable of experiencing.
然而，通过大脑的理性部分，我们也可以对我们不可能经历的事情产生同情心。
In fact, younger women do not, or not much.
实际上，比较年轻的女性不是如此，或者不是少那么多。
I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration.
我不知道该跟她说话还是不说，或者跟她说时，又怎么告诉她我说不清楚的倾慕。
Cantrell's wife called 911, but the operator could not, or simply would not, tell her how to perform CPR.
他刚学步的宝宝意外卷进了一个足球球网中，妻子当时拨打了911，但接线员不可能，或者说只是不能告诉她怎样做心肺复苏术（CPR）。
But the literal meaning can be very easily seen by remembering that the ex in exposition—as in many other words starting with ex—means “not” or “out of.”
但是人们很可能会根据exposition的前缀ex来理解该词的字面意思，因为其它很多以ex开头的单词都含有“不、无(not)”或“向外、在…之外(outof)”的意思。
Architectures are not (or should not) be about frameworks.
架构不是(或者说不应该是)关于框架的内容。
Novices can't tell whether the instructions are working or not or which ones are important because they have no context to assess them against.
初学者还不能够指出教学是否奏效或者教学当中的那些要点，因为他们没有经验来处理他们遇到的事情。
They think in outworn categories and follow habits and assumptions that are not, or only rarely, based on fact.
他们以陈腐的类别来思考，对习惯和假设的追随不是或很少是基于事实的。
They think in outworn categories and follow habits and assumptions that are not, or only rarely, based on fact.
他们以陈腐的类别来思考，对习惯和假设的追随不是或很少是基于事实的。
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