neither
determiner, pronoun, conjunction, adverb uk/ˈnaɪ.ðər/ /ˈniː.ðər/ us/ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/ /ˈniː.ðɚ/
B2 两者皆非，两者都不
not either of two things or people
We've got two TVs, but neither works properly. 我们有两台电视，但没有一台是好的。
Neither of my parents likes my boyfriend. 我父母都不喜欢我的男朋友。
Neither one of us is interested in gardening. 我们两个都不太喜欢园艺。
"Which one would you choose?" "Neither. They're both terrible." “你会挑哪个？”“两个都不要，它们都很糟糕。”
If she doesn't agree to the plan, neither will Tom (= he will also not). 如果她不同意这项计划，汤姆也不会同意。
Chris wasn't at the meeting and neither was her assistant. 克里斯没有出席会议，她的助手也没有。
informal "I don't feel like going out this evening." "Me neither." “我今晚不想出去。”“我也是。”
On two occasions she was accused of stealing money from the company, but in neither case was there any evidence to support the claims. 她两次被指控盗用公款，但两次都没有确凿的证据。
neither ... norB2 既不…也不…，…和…都不
used when you want to say that two or more things are not true
Neither my mother nor my father went to university. 我父母都没有上过大学。
They speak neither French nor German, but a strange mixture of the two. 他们说的既不是法语也不是德语，而是两者的古怪混合。
I neither know nor care what happened to him. 我不知道，也不关心他出了什么事。
- More examples
- The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.
- It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.
- Strangely, neither Carlo nor Juan saw what had happened.
- This is a war which neither side can win.
- His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.
Idioms
be neither here nor thereidiom 无关紧要
to not be important
It's essential that she has this medication, and the cost is neither here nor there. 重要的是她有这种药，价钱无所谓。
be neither one thing nor the otheridiom 是非此非彼的混合物;既不是此，也不是彼
to be a mixture of two different things, often things that do not combine well
I prefer a book to be either fact or fiction - this one is neither one thing nor the other! 我喜欢的书要么写实，要么虚构——这本书却是个四不像！