nor

nor /nɔː $ nɔːr/ S2 W1 conjunction , adverb → gnaw

1 neither ... nor ... BOTHused when mentioning two things that are not true or do not happen 既不…也不…

He can neither read nor write (=he cannot read or write).

他既不會讀也不會寫。

Hilary was neither shocked nor surprised by the news.

希拉裏對這個消息既沒有感到震驚，也沒有覺得意外。

Neither Matt nor Julie said anything.

馬特和朱莉都沒有說什麽。

Examples from the Corpus

neither ... nor ...• It is neither an obsession nor a projection of his mind, although it certainly does compel him.• I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector.• The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.• It was an incredible year, one in which the Suns were neither lucky nor good.• In all that time he had neither moved nor shown any interest in the rescue attempt.• Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.• I neither can, nor wish to, exclude the media from these proceedings.

2 formalAND/ALSO used after a negative statement in order to introduce another negative statement containing a similar kind of information 也不〔用於否定句之後，引導另一含相似意義的否定句〕

I don’t expect children to be rude, nor do I expect to be disobeyed.

我不希望孩子們沒禮貌，也不希望他們不聽我的話。

It was not my fault, nor his.

那不是我的錯，也不是他的。

3 British EnglishBrEAND/ALSO used after a negative statement to say that the negative statement is also true for someone or something else 也不

‘I don’t want to go.’ ‘Nor do I.’

“我不想去。”“我也不想去。”

They couldn’t understand it at the time, and nor could we.

他們當時無法理解，我們也是。

→ neither3

Examples from the Corpus

nor• I am not, nor have I ever been, a Communist.• Worrall was not at the meeting, nor was he at work yesterday.

Origin nor

(1200-1300) nother “neither, nor” ((13-19 centuries))

nor conjunction

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