| 单词 | neither here nor there |
| 释义 | neither here nor thereneither here nor there 1 UNIMPORTANTnot important 不重要的，无关紧要的 ‘You never liked him much, did you?‘ ’What I think about him is neither here nor there. He’s your friend.’ “你从来都不太喜欢他，是不是？”“我对他的看法无关紧要。他是你的朋友。” Examples from the Corpus neither here nor there• But that was neither here nor there.• Dinner half an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.• Start worrying when we're neither here nor there.• That he was not in the category ordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.• The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.• We are the holy ones, the voyagers, the people of the crossing, neither here nor there.• She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.• Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue. → neither here nor there at here(4) 2 spokenCONNECTED WITH used to say that something is not important because it does not affect a fact or situation 一点都不重要 SYN irrelevant The fact that she needed the money for her children is neither here nor there – it’s still stealing. 她需要钱是为了孩子也不行，这还是偷。 Examples from the Corpus be neither here nor there• It's true we're not friends but that's neither here nor there. We're still able to work together.• The fact that she hadn't seen her prospective husband since she was ten was neither here nor there.• What I think about your husband is neither here nor there.• But that was neither here nor there.• Dinner half an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.• That he was not in the category ordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.• The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.• She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.• The fact that you fantasise about a woman rather than a man is neither here nor there in these circumstances.• Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue.• What Cheng's intentions were is neither here nor there. What matters is what he did. → be neither here nor there at neither3(2) |
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