热门词汇neither的用法分析

1.形容词

一般这个时候：neither+单数名词，表示两者都不，如：

Neither answer is correct.

两个答案都不对。

Neither candidate was selected for the job.

申请这个工作的两个候选人都未获选上。

At first, neither man could speak.

起初，两个人都不会说。

Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem.

双方都不愿意妥协，问题就在这里。

Neither side would disclose details of the transaction

双方均不肯披露交易细节。

Can you come on Monday or Tuesday? I’m afraid neither day is possible.

你能在星期一或星期二来吗？恐怕两天都不可能来。

Neither road out of town is good,but this one is better than thr other.

出城的路都不好，但这条比那条好。

Neither book was very interesting.

这两本书都没有什么意思。
Neither author was very strong on narrative.

两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

Neither side can win 双方都赢不了。

2.代词

A. neither单独作主语或宾语，表示两者都不，如：

Neither had close friends at university 两个人在上大学时都没有亲密的朋友。

We invited both of them,but neither can come.

我邀请了他们两个人，可谁也不能来。

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。

The organization had broken,no rules,but neither had it acted responsibly.

该组织已违规，甚至抛弃了规则，但是那俩人没有让该组织负起责。（四级考题）

B. neither of+特定的两个人或事/us,them ,you.等

Neither of us had ever skied

我们两个都从未滑过雪。

Neither of them could convince the other.

他们俩谁也说不服谁。

I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'

我觉得你们俩都不读《泰晤士报》。

Neither of these extremes is desirable 两个极端都不可取。

Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.

总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。

Neither of them has/ have a car.

他们两个都没有汽车。

Neither of my parents speaks/speak a foreign language.

我的父母都不会说外语。

Neither of them is currently in paid employment.

他们俩目前都没有挣钱的差事。

Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.

尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都没念上大学。

As far as I could tell, neither of us was under observation.

据我所知，我们俩都没有受到监视。

Neither of them were prepared to go into the detail of their talks.

他们俩都没准备要详细说明他们会谈的情况。

We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad.

我们可以一起私奔，但是我俩都不想在国外度过余生。

Neither of them thought of turning on the lunch-time news. Thus Caroline didn't hear of John's death until Peter telephoned

两个人谁也没有想到打开电视看午间新闻，所以直到彼得打来电话，卡罗琳才得知约翰的死讯。

Neither of the books are/is very interesting.

这两本书没有一本是有趣的。

3.neither 和not ……either可以互换使用，但是前一用法（常常倒装）稍显文绉绉；not ……either用法较为口语体。试比较：

He did not go,neither did she.=He didn’t go,and she didn’t go either.

他没有去，她也没有去。

He cannot speak ,neither can he hear.=He cannot speak,and cannot hear either.

他不能说话，也听不见。

I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.

= I can't ever recall Dad hugging me.And I didn’t sit on his knee either.

我不记得爸爸曾经抱过我，我也没在他膝盖上坐过。

I hadn't been to New York before and neither had Jane. = I hadn't been to New York before and Jane hadn't either.

我以前没有去过纽约，简也没去过。

She doesn't like the movie. Neither/Nor do I.

她不喜欢这部电影。我也不喜欢。

I haven't been to Sidney before and neither/nor has my wife.

我以前没去过悉尼，我妻子也没去过。

She can't get there at four, nor/ neither can I.

她四点钟到不了那里，我也到不了。

注意：

1）、当主语是同一个人或物时，只能用nor,如：

I don’t know,nor do I care.我不知道，也不关心。

He won't be here on Monday, nor on Tuesday.

他星期一不在，星期二也不在。

He never behaves honestly, nor wisely.

他的行为既不诚实,也不聪明。

2）、当否定并列成分有两个以上时，只能用nor多次连接，如：

You can’t sing,nor can I,nor can she.你不会唱歌，我不会，她也不会。

4. neither… nor既不…(也不…)

Neither the TV nor the video actually work/works.（连接2个主语）

电视机和录像机都坏了。（考试时多用单数比较好）

Neither the students nor the teacher knows anything about it.

学生和老师都不知道这事。

Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance. （连接2个主语）

安娜和我对巨额融资都不感兴趣。

Neither the students nor the teacher knows anything about it.
同学们和老师对此都一无所知.
I neither knew nor cared what had happened to him.（连接2个谓语）

我既不知道也不关心他出了什么事。

Professor Hisamatsu spoke neither English nor German.

久松教授既不会讲英语，也不会讲德语。（连接2个宾语）

I can give you neither an opinion nor any advice （连接2个宾语）

我既不能给你意见，也不能提供任何建议。

She had neither the time nor the inclination to help them. （连接2个宾语）

她既没有时间也不愿意帮助他们。

He had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things

他没有时间也不愿意去考虑其他事情。（连接2个宾语）

Death spares neither small nor great. （连接2个宾语）

死亡面前,不分贵贱。

Their house is neither big nor small.（连接2个表语）

他们的房子不大也不小。

Their house is neither big nor small. （连接2个表语）

他们的房子不大也不小。

There was neither food nor drink in the fridge. （连接2个表语）

冰箱里既没有食物也没有饮料。

What might have happened is neither here nor there. （连接2个表语）

曾经发生过什么事已经都不重要了。

He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold (连接2个宾补)

他想要杯不凉不热的茶。

Either he or I am right.
或者他对,或者我对.

She was coming back either today or tomorrow.她不是今天来就是明天来。