- used to show that a negative statement is also true of somebody/something else(否定的陈述同样适用于其他人或物)也不
- He didn't remember and neither did I.他没记住,我也忘了。
- I hadn't been to New York before and neither had Jane.我以前没有去过纽约,简也没去过。
- ‘I can't understand a word of it.’ ‘Neither can I.’“我一个字都弄不懂。” “我也是。”
- (informal) ‘I don't know.’ ‘Me neither.’“我不知道。” “我也不知道。”
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neither… nor…
used to show that a negative statement is true of two things(否定的陈述适用于两方面)既不…也不…- I neither knew nor cared what had happened to him.我既不知道也不关心他出了什么事。
- Their house is neither big nor small.他们的房子不大也不小。
- Neither the TV nor the DVD player actually work/works.电视机和数字影碟机都坏了。
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’).