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Professor Hisamatsu spoke neither English nor German...
久松教授既不会讲英语，也不会讲德语。
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The play is neither as funny nor as disturbing as Tabori thinks it is.
这部戏既不像塔博里想象的那么滑稽，也不像他想象的那么让人讨厌。
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At first, neither man could speak.
起初，两个人都不会说。
- Neither is also a quantifier.
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Neither of us felt like going out.
我俩都不想外出。
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- Neither is also a pronoun.
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They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long.
他俩都笑了，看来两人都未意识到我已离开很长时间了。
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I never learned to swim and neither did they...
我从没学过游泳，他们也没有。
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Britain does not agree and neither do Denmark, Portugal and Ireland.
英国不同意，丹麦、葡萄牙和爱尔兰也持反对意见。
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I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.
我不记得爸爸曾经抱过我，我也没在他膝盖上坐过。
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'I'd never heard of her before I came here.' — 'That is neither here nor there.'
“来之前我从未听说过她。”——“那没什么。”
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Whether or not he realised the fact was neither here nor there.
他是否认识到事实真相无关紧要。
Do not confuse neither and none. You use neither in negative statements to refer to two people or things. Neither had close friends at university. You use neither of in the same way, followed by a pronoun or a noun group. Neither of them spoke... Neither of these extremes is desirable. Note that you can also use neither before a singular count noun. Neither side can win. You use none in negative statements to refer to three or more people or things. None could afford the food. You use none of in the same way, followed by a pronoun or a noun group. None of them had learned anything... None of his companions answered.
不要混淆 neither 和 none 的用法。neither 是对两个人或物的否定，如：Neither had close friends at university (两个人在上大学时都没有亲密的朋友);neither of 的用法与 neither 相同，后跟代词或名词短语，如：Neither of them spoke (两个人都不说话)，Neither of these extremes is desirable (两个极端都不可取);注意可以在单数可数名词前使用 neither，如：Neither side can win (双方都赢不了)。在否定三个或三个以上的人或物时，使用 none，如：None could afford the food (没有人买得起这些食物);none of 的用法与 none 相同，后跟代词或名词短语，如：None of them had learned anything (他们中谁也没学到任何东西)，None of his companions answered (他的同伴谁也没吭声)。
- Adverb
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1. after a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative;
- "I was not happy and neither were they"
- "just as you would not complain, neither should he"
- 1. Neither statement is true.
- （=Neither of the statements is true。）两种说法都不正确。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.
- 富贵不能淫， 贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. A deadlock was reached in the discussions, as neither side would give way to the other.
- 讨论陷入僵局，因为双方各不相让。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
- 不能根据马饰论马的优劣。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Although ending the race to drink up before closing time has not moderated drinking habits, neither have apocalyptic predictions come to pass.
- 虽然在酒吧关门前停止斗酒没能改变人们的饮酒习惯，但是也没有让如世界末日般的预言得以实现。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. As neither management nor labour would give in, the union organized a strike.
- 由于劳资双方互不让步，工会组织了一次罢工。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 7. Both of them were weakened by the war.; Neither side gained in the war.
- 在那场战争中他们两败俱伤。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 8. Both parties combated hand-to-hand for a long time, but neither side could win yet.
- 双方搏斗多时，不分胜负。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 9. He has neither friends nor relatives.
- 他没有朋友也没有亲人。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 10. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.
- 他很博学，但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 11. He is neither tall nor the contrary.
- 他不高也不矮。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 12. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
- 他不知道从哪里来，到哪里去。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 13. He neither lends nor borrows.
- 他既不借给人也不向人借。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 14. He took neither side in the quarrel.
- 在争吵中他任何一方都不参加。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 15. He who does not work, neither shall he eat.
- 不劳动者不得食。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 16. He would neither come in nor go out.
- 他既不进来，也不出去。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 17. His family owned neither land nor house.
- 他家既无房子又无地。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 18. I couldn't run the program because it contained a computer bug I could neither identify nor cure.
- 我不能执行这个程序，因为它有一个我既不能识别又不能更正的程序错误。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 19. I don't know that neither.
- 那个我也不知道。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 20. I have never been abroad, neither[nor] have I ever wished to go.
- 我从未去过国外，我也从未想去。
来自《简明英汉词典》
