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单词 neithernor
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neither..nor
c. neither..nor.neither here nor there: see here adv. 12.
(a) With another negative in the superordinate clause, usually preceding. Now rare.
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. viii. D They had no place to flie vnto, nether hither ner thither.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 107 Economie, or housholdinge cannot truely be termed neether Art nor Science.
β. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 946 That lord..wol nat suffren hem by noon assent Neither to been yburyed nor ybrent.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 42 Dauid king of Scottes..spoyled the Countrie,..not sparing neyther man woman nor chylde.1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 32 Not tying himselfe absolutely to follow neither Plato nor Aristotle.1678 R. Cudworth tr. Maximus of Tyre in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 494 No part neither of Nature, nor of the World, is to Homer Godless.1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 51 You have no Idea at all, neither relative nor positive of Matter.1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 19 May (1778) What, then, must be the fate of those who do not keep a minute account, neither of the yield nor of the vent?1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 131 There was now no respite neither by day nor night for this devoted city.a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 277 Christianity abrogated no duty..neither for Jew nor Gentile.1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 183 The woman had no status, neither as a wife nor a mother of sons, and could be her handmaiden.1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. iv. 107 No writer, neither Ovid nor ‘the English Ovid’, Christopher Marlowe, influenced Shakespeare as crucially as Chaucer did.
(b) Without another negative in a superordinate clause.
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a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 11 (MED) Þe nobilite of a cete stondeþ neþer in hiȝe toures nor in grete richesses but in famouse storye of þe induellande.
c1475 Mankind (1969) 817 Ȝelde me nethyr golde nor tresure, but yowr humbyll obeysyance.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 128 Left is nether corce nor cunȝie.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit v. 2 Nether doth he knowe me, ner I him.
1549 N. Ridley Let. in R. Potts Liber Cantabr. (1855) 245 I am assuredly persuaded that it is neder the Kinge's Majesties nor your Graces pleasor.
1673 W. Scroggs in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 112 I choose the rather to write when I have nether business nor newes.
1687 W. Molyneux Let. 12 Feb. in J. Flamsteed Corr. (1997) II. 334 The greatest Inequalitys are neather on those pointes nor the Suzigia nor Quadratures.
β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 5857 (MED) Neyder i knou him þat ȝe say, Nor i ne wil lat þe folk away.a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2746 Þerof getyth he neythyr peny nor pownde.?a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 164 Thowe canst me neydur thank nor pleasse.?c1500 Killing of Children (Digby) 198 Of me thu shalt neyther haue ffee nor aduauntage.1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxliiv That gain once gotten.., neither othe holdeth, nor frendship continueth.1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings L 2 b Neither God nor nature giues this value vnto all.1630 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clxviii. 454 This Protestation having neither Latin, nor Law, nor Common Sence.1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. ix. 132 Adam..being neither Monarch, nor his imaginary Monarchy, hereditable.1728 A. Ramsay Step-daughter ii She neither has lawtith nor shame.1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 259 Neither care disturbs their sleep, nor passion inflames their breast.1785 W. Cowper Task v. 90 Neither grub nor root nor earth-nut now Repays their labour more.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 555 Quarter was to be neither taken nor given.1879 M. Arnold Irish Catholicism in Mixed Ess. 120 There are neither fairies nor gnomes.1923 A. Bennett Riceyman Steps i. ii. 5 He had the air neither of a bookman nor of a member of the upper-middle class.1994 Guardian 22 Sept. (OnLine section) 4/2 A firewall is neither an off-the-shelf product nor a complete methodology: it's simply a metaphor.γ. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 23 Tho' naþir hairt nor mynd consentis.1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxv. 52 Yit wer thay nather sauld nor slaine.1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. G2v O Iah our God: be thou our guide, In battails be thou on our side, And we sall nather fall nor flee.a1657 W. Mure Misc. Poems in Wks. (1898) I. 11 Nather prayers could prevaile nor wisses.1798 H. Brand Adelinda ii. v, in Plays & Poems 289 Whather she's right or wrong is nather, hare nor thare, I order it, and that's enough.1965 in Sc. National Dict. at Naither Nader.
(c) With two singular subjects and plural verb or anaphoric plural pronoun.
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c1513 T. More Works (1557) f. 60/2 Neither king Edward himself, nor the Duke of Clarence, were lawfully begotten.
1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xxxiv. 381 Neither the certificate..nor the indictment..are to be credenced.
1611 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (new ed.) 76 Neither the Subiect nor the Serf are bound to go to the warres, but only the vassall.
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 74 Neither Moses nor Joshua were Usurpers, though not vocally chosen by the people.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 17 Feb. 49 Neither search nor labour are necessary.
1777 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 37 Neither the Duke of Bedford nor Lord Sussex have cut yet.
1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 478 Neither the Law nor the Gospel were introduced with such appalling miracles.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xliii. 139 Neither painting nor fighting feed men.
1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/5 Neither Captain Percy Scott nor his dotter were on view.
1997 Independent 6 Aug. 4/8 Mr Hume was at a religious retreat in Scotland yesterday, and neither he nor a spokesman for the SDLP were available for comment.
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