neither

英 ['naɪðə; 'niː-] 美['niðɚ]

近义词either not

反义词

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neither 两者都不

来自古英语nahwaether,两者都不，来自na,不，没有，词源同no,hwaether,两个中的一个，即whether,后受either影响拼写俗化。

neither: neither: [13] Despite the two words’ similarity, neither is not just either with a negative prefix tacked on. It comes ultimately from Old English nāhwæther ‘neither’, a compound formed from nā ‘not’ (which survives as no in modern English ‘whether or no’) and hwæther ‘which of two’ (ancestor of modern English whether). In the late Old English period it was contracted to nawther, and in Middle English, under the influence of either, this became transformed into neither.
=> whether
neither (conj.): Old English nawþer, contraction of nahwæþer, literally "not of two," from na "no" (see no) + hwæþer "which of two" (see whether). Spelling altered c. 1200 by association with either. Paired with nor from c. 1300; earlier with ne. Also used in Old English as a pronoun. As an adjective, mid-14c.

1. The report concludes that I acted neither fraudulently nor improperly.: 报告最后认为我的行为既没有欺骗性也没有任何不妥。

2. They can neither read nor write, nor can they comprehend such concepts.: 他们不会读，不会写，也理解不了这样的概念。

3. That, if you'll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.: 恕我直言，那根本就不重要。