neither

1. CONJ You use neither in front of the first of two or more words or expressions when you are linking two or more things which are not true or do not happen. The other thing is introduced by "nor." 既不… (也不…)

Professor Hisamatsu spoke neither English nor German. 久松教授既不講英語(yǔ)，也不講德語(yǔ)。

2. DET You use neither to refer to each of two things or people, when you are making a negative statement that includes both of them. 兩者都不

At first, neither man could speak. 開(kāi)始兩個(gè)人都不能說(shuō)。

3. QUANT Neither is also a quantifier. 兩者都不

Neither of us felt like going out. 我們兩個(gè)都不願(yuàn)意出去。

4. PRON-NEG Neither is also a pronoun. 兩者都不

They both smiled; neither seemed likely to be aware of my absence for long. 他們兩個(gè)人都笑了，看來(lái)都沒(méi)意識(shí)到我離開(kāi)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。

5. CONJ If you say that one person or thing does not do something and neither does another, what you say is true of all the people or things that you are mentioning. 也不 (用於否定句後，表示前句適用於所有提到的人或物)

I never learned to swim and neither did they. 我從沒(méi)學(xué)過(guò)遊泳，他們也沒(méi)學(xué)過(guò)。

6. CONJ You use neither after a negative statement to emphasize that you are introducing another negative statement. 也不 (用於否定句後，強(qiáng)調(diào)要引出另一否定句)[正式]

I can't ever recall Dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee. 我記不得爸爸擁抱過(guò)我，也不曾在他膝上坐過(guò)。