neither

/nee-ther, nahy-/US // ˈni ðər, ˈnaɪ- //UK // (ˈnaɪðə, ˈniːðə) //

既没有,既不是,既不,既非

Definitions

conj.连词 conjunction

1
- : not either, as of persons or things specified: Neither John nor Betty is at home.
- : nor; nor yet; no more: Bob can't go, and neither can I. If she doesn't want it, neither do I.

adj.形容词 adjective

pron.代词 pronoun

1
- : not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other: Neither of the suggestions will do. Neither is to be trusted.

adj.nor yet

Synonyms

pron.not one or the other

Synonyms

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.
Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.
This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.
This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.
Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.
But she did not succeed in finding a suitable studio, neither an instructor who pleased her, and she returned to Amsterdam.

Definitions

conj.连词 conjunction

1
- : not either, as of persons or things specified: Neither John nor Betty is at home.
- : nor; nor yet; no more: Bob can't go, and neither can I. If she doesn't want it, neither do I.

adj.形容词 adjective

pron.代词 pronoun

1
- : not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other: Neither of the suggestions will do. Neither is to be trusted.

Examples

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.

Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.

Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.

This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?

A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.

On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.

This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.

Neither privately owned nor government stock is entitled to voting power.

But she did not succeed in finding a suitable studio, neither an instructor who pleased her, and she returned to Amsterdam.