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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarynei·ther I \ˈnē-thər also ˈnī-\ conjunction ETYMOLOGY Middle English, alteration (influenced by either) of nauther, nother, from Old English nāhwæther, nōther, from nā, nōnot + hwæther which of two, whether DATE 12th century1. not either neither black nor white2. also not neither did IUsage. Although use with or is neither archaic nor wrong, neither is usually followed by nor. A few commentators think that neithermust be limited in reference to two, but reference to more than two has been quite common since the 17th century rigid enforcement of antique decorum will help neitherlanguage, literature, nor literati — James Sledd II pronoun DATE 13th century: not the one or the other of two or moreUsage. Some commentators insist that neither must be used with a singular verb. It generally is, but especially when a prepositional phrase intervenes between it and the verb, a plural verb is quite common neither of those ideal solutions are in sight — C. P. Snow III adjective DATE 14th century: not either neither hand IV adverb DATE 15511. chiefly dialect : either are not to be understood neither — Earl of Chesterfield2. similarly not : also not just as the serf was not permitted to leave the land, so neitherwas his offspring — G. G. CoultonEnglish Etymologyneither O.E. nawþer, contraction of nahwæþer, lit. "not of two," from na"no" (see no) + hwæþer "which of two" (see whether). Spelling alt. c.1200 by association with either.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ neithernei·ther / 5naiTE(r); 5ni:TE(r) / determiner & pron. not six nor the other of ten things or people 两者都不: Neither answer is correct. 两个答案都不对。 Neither of them has / have a car. 他们两个都没有汽车。 They produced ten reports, neither of which contained any useful suggestions. 他们作了两个报告,都没有任何有用的建议。 'Which do you like?' 'Neither. I think they're both ugly.' "你喜欢哪一个？" "两个都不喜欢。我觉得两个都很难看。" adverb1. used to show that a negative statement is also true of sb / sth 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。" 2. neither... nor... used to show that a negative statement is true of ten 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 video actually work / works. 电视机和录像机都坏了。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: neither fish nor fowl , or neither here nor therenei·therI. \ˈnēthə(r), ˈnīth-; see either\ pronounEtymology: Middle English neither, naither not either of two, pron., conjunction & adjective, alteration (influenced by either, aither either) of nauther, pron. & conjunction, nouther, nowther, pron., conjunction & adjective, nother, pron. & adjective, from Old English nāhwæther, nawther, pron. & conjunction, nōhwæther, nowther, pron., nōther, pron., from nā, nō not + hwæther which of two, whether — more at no, whether: not one of two or more : not either: a. : not the one and not the other of two < made two suggestions and neither was accepted > b. : not any one of more than two < neither of the three men stood up — Luke Short > — usually sing. in constr. except when a periphrastic genitive intervenes between neither and the verb form in which circumstance the verb is often plural in form < neither of them were in — John Galsworthy > — often qualified by a periphrastic genitive and used in apposition with a plural pronominal subject to emphasize the exclusion of each of the individuals included in the subject from the thing predicated < we neither of us moved — Wendy Wood > < two English painters who are neither of them abstract or surrealist — Geoffrey Grigson >II. conjunctionEtymology: Middle English neither, naither1. — used as a function word before two or more coordinate words, phrases, or clauses now joined usually by nor or sometimes by or or archaically by neither to indicate that what immediately follows is the first of two or more alternatives both or all of which are rejected < neither my father nor I were by nature inclined to faith in the unintelligible — George Santayana >2. : nor yet : also not : no more < just as the serf was not permitted to leave the land, so neitherwas his offspring — G.G.Coulton > < an illiterate author cannot get very far, and neither can a musical composer who has not learned musical notation — Thomas Munro > < justice is neither new nor old — Mark Van Doren > < sat at bare tables and neither ate, drank, nor smoked — Mary Cable > < neither by day nor by night > < we believe neither in prescribing or proscribing books — Publisher's Weekly > < this court neither approves or condemns any legislative policy — O.J.Roberts >III. adjectiveEtymology: Middle English neither, naither: not either < on neither side of the street are there any trees >IV. adverbchiefly dialect : either — used especially to emphasize a negative in a foregoing clause < others speak so fast and sputter that they are not to be understood neither — Earl of Chesterfield >

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