Women in the study did not rate the pictured females as prettier, neither did they have the chance to rate men wearing different colours.
neither的用法小結(jié):
1. neither用作形容詞,表示“(兩者)都不”,置于單數(shù)名詞之前
。
Neither article is made in Beijing. 這兩種物品都不是北京制造的
。
I will participate in neither game. 那兩項(xiàng)比賽我都不參加
。
We discussed neither subject.這兩個(gè)問題我們都沒有討論
。
提醒注意:在口語(yǔ)中以not... either...替換neither使用的情形也很多
。例如:
They bought neither house. = They didn't buy either house. 兩間房子他們都沒
買
。
2. neither用作代詞,表示“兩者都不,雙方均不”
。例如:
He answered neither of the letters. 他兩封信都沒回
。
She bought two toys, but neither can please the child. 她買了兩個(gè)玩具,卻沒有
一個(gè)能讓小孩高興
。
—Which one would you like? 你喜歡哪一個(gè)?
—Neither. 兩個(gè)都不喜歡
。
此時(shí),與neither用法較為接近的詞是none,但none的含義略有不同,none
表示“(三者以上)所有的……都不”
。例如:
None of us are perfect. 人無完人
。
提醒注意:neither作主語(yǔ)時(shí),通常被視為單數(shù),但從意義上講也可視為復(fù)數(shù)
。
Neither of the cars was / were damaged. 兩部車都沒有受損
。
3. neither用作連詞,常用短語(yǔ)為neither...nor...,表示“既不……也不……”
。例如:
Neither he nor I am well educated. 他和我都沒受過良好教育
。
I have neither time nor money. 我既沒時(shí)間也沒錢
。
The novel is neither realistic nor poetic.那部小說既不寫實(shí)也沒有詩(shī)意
。