neither

英 ['na?e?; 'ni?-] 美['nie?]

近義詞either not

反義詞

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neither 兩者都不

來自古英語nahwaether,兩者都不，來自na,不，沒有，詞源同no,hwaether,兩個中的一個，即whether,后受either影響拼寫俗化。

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 nāhw?ther ‘neither’, a compound formed from nā ‘not’ (which survives as no in modern English ‘whether or no’) and hw?ther ‘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 nawter, contraction of nahw?ter, literally "not of two," from na "no" (see no) + hw?ter "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.: 報告最后認為我的行為既沒有欺騙性也沒有任何不妥。

2. They can neither read nor write, nor can they comprehend such concepts.: 他們不會讀，不會寫，也理解不了這樣的概念。

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。