| 单词 | neither ... nor ... |
| 释义 | neither ... nor ...neither ... nor ... 1 BOTHused when mentioning two things that are not true or possible 既不…也不…，不…也不…，…和…都不 Neither Oleg’s mother nor his father spoke English. 奥列格的父母都不会说英语。 The equipment is neither accurate nor safe. 这台设备既不精确，也不安全。 5 GRAMMAR 语法 Do not say ‘neither ... or ...’. Say neither ... nor ... or not ... or .... 不要说 “ neither ... or ... ”，要说neither ... nor ... 或 not ... or ... Neither he nor his wife enjoyed the vacation. 这次度假他和他的妻子都玩得不开心 。 Most computer users do not know or wish to know about how their computers work. 大多数电脑用户都不知道，也不想知道他们的电脑是如何运行的 。 n GRAMMAR: Negatives After neither, use nor: Neither he nor his wife enjoyed the vacation. 这次度假他和他的妻子都玩得不开心 。 Most of them neither know nor care how it works. ✗Don’t say: Neither he or his wife ... | Most of them neither know or care ...Examples from the Corpus neither ... nor ...• It is neither an obsession nor a projection of his mind, although it certainly does compel him.• I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector.• The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.• It was an incredible year, one in which the Suns were neither lucky nor good.• In all that time he had neither moved nor shown any interest in the rescue attempt.• Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.• I neither can, nor wish to, exclude the media from these proceedings. → neither ... nor ... at neither3(1) 2 BOTHused when mentioning two things that are not true or do not happen 既不…也不… He can neither read nor write (=he cannot read or write). 他既不会读也不会写。 Hilary was neither shocked nor surprised by the news. 希拉里对这个消息既没有感到震惊，也没有觉得意外。 Neither Matt nor Julie said anything. 马特和朱莉都没有说什么。 Examples from the Corpus neither ... nor ...• It is neither an obsession nor a projection of his mind, although it certainly does compel him.• I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector.• The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.• It was an incredible year, one in which the Suns were neither lucky nor good.• In all that time he had neither moved nor shown any interest in the rescue attempt.• Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.• I neither can, nor wish to, exclude the media from these proceedings. → neither ... nor ... at nor(1) |
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