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nei.therH5naI7TE5, H5ni:-, $-TLdeterminer, pronoun, conjunction, adv[not gradable] not one and not the other of two things or people两者皆非We've got two TVs, but neither works properly.我们有两台电视机，但没有一台能发挥正常功能。We've got a difficult decision to make, because neither option is very pleasant.我们很难作出决定，因为两种选择都不是我们喜欢的。I asked two people to help me start my car, but neither of them knew what to do.我请两个人帮我发动汽车，可是他们都不知道怎么做。Neither one of us is particularly interested in gardening.我们两人都不太喜欢园艺。"Which one would you choose?" "Neither. They're both terrible."“你挑哪一样?”“我一样也不挑，它们都很差。”If she doesn't agree to the plan, neither will Tom (= Tom also will not).如果她不同意那计划，汤姆也不会同意的。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。(infml) "I don't feel like going out this evening." "Me neither." “今天晚上我不想外出。”“我也不想。”On two occasions she was accused of stealing money from the company, but in neither case was there any evidence to support the claims.她两次被指控偷窃公司钱财，可是两次都没有证据来证实。You can use neither...nor when you want to say that two or more things are not true.（两者中）这个不…，那个也不…Neither my mother nor my father went to university.我母亲和父亲都没有上过大学。Vegans eat neither meat, nor fish, nor animal products.素食主义者不吃肉，不吃鱼，也不吃动物制品。My doctor told me I should neither smoke nor drink.我的医生告诉我既不要抽烟，也不要喝酒。She neither knows nor cares what has happened to her ex-husband.她对于前夫的事情既不知道也不关心。They speak neither French nor German, but a curious mixture of the two.他们既不说法语，也不说德语，而说一种古怪的两种语言的混合。Something that is neither one thing nor the other is a mixture of things and not clearly one particular thing.非此非彼的混合物，说不明白的东西The colour of my eyes is neither one thing nor the other--it's just a strange grey-blue mixture.我的眼睛说不出是什么颜色的，它是一种奇特的蓝灰色的混合色。Something that is neither here nor there is not important.不重要的，无关紧要的It's essential that she has this medicine, and the cost is neither here nor there.最重要的是她吃这个药，而费用是无关紧要的。
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