| 词汇 | neither |
| 释义 | neither determiner, pronoun, conjunction, adverb uk /ˈnaɪ.ðər//ˈniː.ðər/ us /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ//ˈniː.ðɚ/ B2 not either of two things or people: 两者皆非，两者都不 We've got two TVs, but neither works properly.我们有两台电视，但没有一台是好的。 Neither of my parents likes my boyfriend.我父母都不喜欢我的男朋友。 Neither one of us is interested in gardening.我们两个都不太喜欢园艺。 "Which one would you choose?" "Neither. They're both terrible."“你会挑哪个？”“两个都不要，它们都很糟糕。” If she doesn't agree to the plan, neither will Tom (= he will also not).如果她不同意这项计划，汤姆也不会同意。 Chris wasn't at the meeting and neither was her assistant.克里斯没有出席会议，她的助手也没有。 informal"I don't feel like going out this evening." "Me neither."“我今晚不想出去。”“我也是。” On two occasions she was accused of stealing money from the company, but in neither case was there any evidence to support the claims.她两次被指控盗用公款，但两次都没有确凿的证据。 neither ... nor B2 used when you want to say that two or more things are not true: 既不…也不…，…和…都不 Neither my mother nor my father went to university.我父母都没有上过大学。 The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.两队在上半场结束时交换场地，这样对任何一方都公平。 It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.这情形真是让人哭笑不得——他们谁也不理睬谁。 Strangely, neither Carlo nor Juan saw what had happened. This is a war which neither side can win.这是一场双方都无法打赢的战争。 His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.他对新闻界发言时故意含糊其词——既没有否认也没有证实这些报道。 Either, or, neither, nor and and/orphrase either else nor or or elseidiom otherwise GrammarNeither, neither … nor and not … either Neither allows us to make a negative statement about two people or things at the same time. Neither goes before singular countable nouns. We use it to say ‘not either’ in relation to two things. Neither can be pronounced /ˈnaɪðə(r)/ or /ˈni:ðə(r)/. … Neither as a determiner Neither allows us to make a negative statement about two people or things at the same time. Neither goes before singular countable nouns. We use it to say ‘not either’ in relation to two things. Neither can be pronounced /ˈnaɪðə(r)/ or /ˈni:ðə(r)/. … Neither … nor We can use neither as a conjunction with nor. It connects two or more negative alternatives. This can sound formal in speaking: … Not with neither and nor When a clause with neither or nor is used after a negative clause, we invert the subject and the verb after neither and nor: … Neither do I, Nor can she We use neither and nor + auxiliary/modal verb + subject to mean ‘also not’: … Not … either We can use not … either to mean ‘also not’, but we do not change the word order of the auxiliary or modal verb and subject: … Neither: typical errors We use neither, not none, when we are talking about two people or things: … Idiomsbe neither here nor there be neither one thing nor the other neither | American Dictionaryneither pronoun, conjunction, adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈni·ðər, ˈnɑɪ-/ not one and not the other of two things or people: They have two TVs but neither one works. Neither of my brothers could come to the party. infml "I don’t feel like going out tonight." "Me neither." Idiomneither here nor there Examples of neitherneither They also made it clear that they neither wanted nor expected many treaties to be made. Since neither of these conditions provides information on the spatial location of the target, the subtraction gives a pure measure of alerting. Both the external and internal environments are important, and neither can be viewed independently of the other. Neither the obscuration nor the defiance can do justice to things as they really are. Lions do not love; but neither do they philosophise; bears do not love; but the reason is they do not know the sweets of friendship. The past and the present seemed to him neither antithetical nor separable. Neither of the more ideological parties attracted a large following however. My penitence can neither cause nor earn your forgiveness. They can neither bring about nor earn your forgiveness since that remains up to you to decide. As such neither you nor our relationship can be replaced by another. They are neither friends, nor lovers, nor fathers, nor citizens of the world, nor benefactors of their country. When neither soul nor body has been crossed. Neither did much change for the provincial police. Goods that are neither consumed nor placed into this technology will perish once the investment opportunity has passed. In the first place one must recognise that the choice of (principal) language need be determinant neither of ethnicity nor of nationality. See all examples of neither These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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