You can picture 'neither' as a hand pointing at two choices and pushing both of them away: not this one, and not that one either. There are exactly two things on the table, and the word shuts the door on both at once. Every use grows from that single gesture — whether it's choosing between two things (neither cup), echoing someone's negative ('I can't' — 'Neither can I'), or pairing up with 'nor' to knock down two statements together.

可以想成「neither」是一隻手指著兩個選項,把兩個都推開:不是這個,也不是那個。桌上剛好擺著兩樣東西,而這個字一口氣把兩扇門都關上。它所有的用法都從這個動作長出來——不管是在兩樣之間做選擇(neither cup,兩個杯子都不要)、跟著別人的否定附和(『我不行』——『我也不行』),還是和 nor 搭檔,把兩句話一起打掉。

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

neitherdet/ˈnaɪ.ðə/

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    Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

    • Neither definition seems correct.
    • She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].

neitherconj/ˈnaɪ.ðə/

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    Not either (used with nor).

    • Neither you nor I likes it.
    • For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]

neitherpron/ˈnaɪ.ðə/

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    Not either one of two.

    • I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.
    • Her words of advice will help neither of us.

neitheradv/ˈnaɪ.ðə/

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    Similarly not.

    • Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.
    • Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.

neitherconj/ˈnaɪ.ðə/

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    archaicNor.

    • But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse.

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