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| 1 | one or the other of two people or things, especially when it does not matter which （两者之中）任意一个 |
| Cheque or credit card – you can use either. 支票或信用卡你都可以用。 |
| Applications are welcomed from people of either sex and any age. 男女老少均可申请。 |
| +of It was a long time before either of them spoke. 很长一段时间他们两个谁都没有开口说话。 |
| | 1a | used for showing two or more possibilities or choices 或者…或者（表示两个或两个以上的可能性或选择） | | You must answer either yes or no. 你必须回答是或者不是。 | | You can contact us either by phone, by email, or by letter. 你可以通过电话、电子邮件或者信函来联系我们。 | | When there’ s a crisis, they either do nothing or do something totally useless. 发生危机时，他们或者什么也不做，或者做些无用功。 | |
| | 1b | used for saying that one of two things has to happen or be true 要么…要么（表示两件事中必然有一件要发生或是真的） | | Either you come with us, or you stay at home with your mother. 要么你和我们一起去，要么你呆在家里陪妈妈。 | | Either he forgot about the meeting or he deliberately stayed away – I don’ t know which. 要么是他忘了要开会，要么是他故意躲开，我不清楚是哪一种情况。 | |
| | 1c | used for saying that it does not matter which of two things happens or is true , because the result will be the same 不管是（两者中的）哪种情况 | | Perhaps the boy was really ill, or perhaps he was just exhausted – either way they would have to stop. 也许这个男孩是真的病了，也许他只是太累了，不管是哪种情况，他们都不能再这样下去了。 | |
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| 2 | used in negative statements referring to both of two people or things （用于否定句）两者都（不） |
| Jackie could play the piano and sing, whereas I couldn’ t do either. 杰基会弹钢琴也会唱歌，而我两样都不会。 |
| Most of the troublemakers were not supporters of either team. 大多数的捣乱者并不是双方球队的支持者。 |
| +of I didn’ t like either of the candidates. 两个候选人我都不喜欢。 |
| | 2a | used for adding that a negative statement is also true of another person or thing 也（不） | | We tried another method, but that didn’ t work either. 我们又试了一种方法，但也没有用。 | | It’ s a problem I can’ t solve, and I don’ t think anyone else can either. 这是个我无法解决的问题，而且我认为其他任何人也解决不了 | |
| | 2b | used for adding a negative statement that emphasizes how good , bad , impressive etc something is 而且（用于否定句或否定词组后加强语气） | | He did a superb job, and he didn’ t have any help either. 他干得好极了，而且还没有人帮助他。 | |
| | 2c | used when someone else has made a negative statement and you mean it is also true of you . This is considered to be incorrect by speakers of British English who would say me neither 我也不 | | ‘I don’ t like horror films.’ ‘Me either.’ “我不喜欢恐怖片。”“我也不喜欢。” | |
| PHRASE |
| - | either side/end/hand etc
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| each of two sidesendshands etc |
| 两边/两头/两只手等 |
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| Her parents were sitting on either side of her. 她的父母坐在她的两边。 |
| There were stairs at either end of the hall. 大厅的两头都有楼梯。 |
| Pelham entered the room carrying a briefcase in either hand. 佩勒姆走进房间，两只手里都提着公文包。 |
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