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adj.(形容词)Not one or the other; not either:两者都不是的:非两者中的一个或另一个的;两个都不是的:例句:Neither shoe feels comfortable.两只鞋都感觉不舒服
pron.(代词)Not either one; not the one or the other:两者都不:非两者之一;不是这个,也不是另一个:例句:Neither of the twins is here. Neither will do. Neither of them is incorrect.那对双胞胎都不在这里;两个都不行;他俩都对
conj.(连接词)Not either; not in either case. Used with the correlative conjunctionnor : 均非:不是两者中的任一个;不在任一种情况下。和相关连词nor 连用: 例句:Neither we nor they want it. She neither called nor wrote. I got neither the gift nor the card.我们和他们都不要它。她既没打电话也没写信来。我既没得到礼物,也没得到贺卡
Also not:也不:例句:If he won`t go, neither will she.若他不去,她也不去
adv.(副词)Similarly not; also not:也不:一样不;也不:例句:Just as you would not, so neither would they.正如你们不愿意一样,他们也不会答应的
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old English n3wther, n3hwôther influenced by ôghwôther, ôgther [either] * see either 源自 古英语 n3wther, n3hwôther 受 ôghwôther的影响, ôgther [也] *参见 eithern3 [not] * see ne n3 [不是的] *参见 ne hwôther [which of two] * see k wo- hwôther [两个中的那一个] *参见 k wo-
According to the traditional rule,neither is used only to mean .not one or the other of two.. To refer to .none of several,.none is preferred: 按传统规则,neither 只用于表示.不是这个也不是另一个.。 要指.多个中一个也没有.时最好用none : 例句:None (not neither ) of the three opposition candidates would make a better president than the incumbent. · 三位反对党总统候选人中的任何一个 (不用 neither ) 都比在任者强。 ·
The traditional rule also holds thatneither is grammatically singular: 传统规则还认为neither 在语法上是单数: 例句:Neither candidate is having an easy time with the press. 每一位候选人都被记者百般纠缠。
However, it is often used with a plural verb,especially when followed byof and a plural: 但它常跟复数动词连用,尤其当后跟of 和一个复数名词时: 例句:Neither of the candidates are really expressing their own views. · 没有一位候选人真实地表达出他们的观点。 ·
As a conjunctionneither is properly followed by nor, not or, in formal style: 作为一个连词,在正式文体中neither 后宜跟 nor 而不是 or : 例句:Neither prayers nor curses (not or curses ) did any good. See Usage Note at either ,every ,he none ,nor or 祈祷和咒语(而不用 or curses ) 都不会起任何作用 参见 either,every,henone,noror