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pron.

adj.

adv.

conj.

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1. CONJ-COORD （表示在两者或多者中择其一）或者，要么 You use either in front of the first of two or more alternatives, when you are stating the only possibilities or choices that there are. The other alternatives are introduced by 'or'. 

  • They gave money to the Conservative Party either personally or through their companies...

    他们要么以个人名义要么通过他们的公司捐钱给了保守党。

  • Sightseeing is best done either by tour bus or by bicycles...

    最好是乘坐旅游巴士或骑自行车观光。

  • The former President was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free...

    前总统要求要么对他进行审判，要么将他释放。

2. CONJ-COORD （用于否定句中）两者都（不），既（不） You use either in a negative statement in front of the first of two alternatives to indicate that the negative statement refers to both the alternatives. 

  • ...music that fails to be either funny or funky...

    既无趣又没有强烈节奏的音乐

  • There had been no indication of either breathlessness or any loss of mental faculties right until his death.

    他去世前并未出现呼吸困难或意识不清的迹象。

3. PRON （两者之中）任意一个 You can use either to refer to one of two things, people, or situations, when you want to say that they are both possible and it does not matter which one is chosen or considered. 

  • There were glasses of champagne and cigars, but not many of either were consumed...

    这里有香槟和雪茄，但两样东西都没怎么动。

  • If either were killed, delicate negotiations would be seriously disrupted.

    二人中任意一个遇害，都会严重扰乱本已非常棘手的谈判。

  • Either is also a quantifier.

    • They are able to talk openly to one another whenever either of them feels hurt...

      他们俩无论谁感觉受到了伤害，都能够向对方坦言相告。

    • Do either of you smoke or drink heavily?

      你们两人中有谁烟瘾或酒瘾很大吗？

  • Either is also a determiner.

    • I don't particularly agree with either group.

      双方我都不甚赞同。

4. PRON （用于否定句）两者都(不) You use either in a negative statement to refer to each of two things, people, or situations to indicate that the negative statement includes both of them. 

  • She warned me that I'd never marry or have children.—'I don't want either.'

    她告诫我千万不要结婚，也别要孩子。——“这两样我都不想要。”

  • Either is also a quantifier.

    • There are no simple answers to either of those questions.

      两个问题都不容易回答。

  • Either is also a determiner.

    • He sometimes couldn't remember either man's name.

      有时候，两个人的名字他一个都想不起来。

5. ADV （用于否定句）也（不），亦（不） You use either by itself in negative statements to indicate that there is a similarity or connection with a person or thing that you have just mentioned. 

  • He did not even say anything to her, and she did not speak to him either...

    他甚至一句话也没跟她说，她也没跟他说话。

  • 'I'm afraid I've never been there.'—'Well, of course, I haven't myself either.'

    “恐怕我没去过那里。”——“嗯，那当然，我也没有去过。”

6. ADV （用于两个连续否定句的第二句之后，强调两种观点同样重要）而且，还 When one negative statement follows another, you can use either at the end of the second one to indicate that you are adding an extra piece of information, and to emphasize that both are equally important. 

  • Don't agree, but don't argue either...

    别同意，但是也别争辩。

  • I can't manage that by myself and I don't see why it should be expected of me either.

    我一个人没法做那事，我也不明白为什么得要我去做。

7. DET (两者中的)每个，各方 You can use either to introduce a noun that refers to each of two things when you are talking about both of them. 

  • The basketball nets hung down from the ceiling at either end of the gymnasium...

    篮筐分别从体育馆两头的天花板上悬吊下来。

  • I suddenly realized that I didn't have a single intelligent thing to say about either team.

    我突然意识到我对两队都没有一句称得上有见地的话可讲。

Adverb

1. after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also';

  • "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"
  • "I don't know either"
  • "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

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  • 1.任何一个，各
1. A buxom widow must be either married,buried or shut up in a convent.
寡妇门前是非多。

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2. An average man cares that things are either true or false, but a warrior doesn't.
普通百姓关心的事情不是对就是错，战士就不是这样。

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3. Concentrators in geological sciences elect either geology or geography.
主修地质学的学生要选修地质学或地理课程。

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4. Either an author or a man interested in literature is named a literary man.
一个作者或一个对文学感兴趣的人被称作文人。

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5. Either be there on time, or don't go at all.
要去就别迟到，不然，就甭去了。

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6. Either dye or paints are used to colour cloth.
不论是染料还是颜料都是用来染布的。

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7. Either of the plans is equally dangerous.
这两个计划中，哪一个都同样有危险。

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8. Either one goes forward or he will be left behind.
不进则退。

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9. Either your watches or mine is wrong.
不是你们的表不准，就是我的表不准。

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10. Every Sunday, they disport themselves either in the parks or in the mountains.
每周日他们或去公园或去爬山。

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11. He could write with either hand.
他左右手都能写字。

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12. He either watches TV or reads books in the evening.
晚上他不是看电视，就是看书。

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13. He gave me an ultimatum:either Tom had to leave, or me.
他向我发出了最后通牒：不是汤姆离开，就是我离开。

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14. He is coming either on Saturday or on Sunday.
他不是星期六来，就是星期天来。

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15. He just couldn't make up his mind either way.
他左想也不是，右想也不是。

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16. He must be either mad or drunk.
他要么是疯了，要么是喝醉了。

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17. He that by the plough would thrive himself must either hold or drive.
想靠犁杖过好日子的人必须亲自扶犁或亲自驾驭牲口。

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18. He won't go and I won't go either.
他不去，我也不去。

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19. He's at a crossroads in his career—either he stays in his current job and waits for promotion, or he accepts this new post in Brazil.
他的事业正处在紧要关头，要么继续干目前的工作，等着升职，要么就接受巴西的新工作。

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20. His yawns suggested he was either tired or bored.
他呵欠连天说明他不是疲倦，就是厌倦。

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