既不…也不…：neither的用法小结

英语自学网

fab7caab1404feca2523ea68355cb44817.jpg

        God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death. Neither shall there be sorrow or dying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former world has passed away.
        ——Titanic
        上帝擦去他们所有的眼泪，死亡不再有，也不会再有悲伤和生离死别，不再有痛苦，因往事已矣。
        ——《泰坦尼克号》
        一、关于neither，你应该知道的用法有
        adj.
        两者都不的 not either
        adv.
        1.（否定的陈述同样适用于其他人或物）也不 used to show that a negative statement is also true of sb / sth else
        My mother coulan't stand me when I was little and I could not stand her neither.
        当我还年幼时，我和妈妈彼此都不能忍受。
         
        2.neither...nor...（否定的陈述适用于两方面）既不...也不... neither... nor... used to show that a negative statement is true of ten things
        He would be courageous calm and self assured, but neither pompous nor hypercritical.
        他勇敢、冷静、自信，既不傲慢，也不虚伪。
         
        conj.
        3.也不；既不 also not
        pron.
        两者都不 not six nor the other of ten things or people
        The two women, neither of whom could read, studied the precious slip of paper.
        两个目不识丁的女人都把眼睛盯着这张宝贝字帖。
         
        二、接下来，做个填词游戏把
        I hadn't been to New York before and ________ had Jane.
           我以前没有去过纽约,简也没去过。