nor /nɔː $ nɔːr/ ●●● S2 W1 conjunction , adverb → gnaw1 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). 他既不会读也不会写。
Hilary was neither shocked nor surprised by the news. 希拉里对这个消息既没有感到震惊,也没有觉得意外。
Neither Matt nor Julie said anything. 马特和朱莉都没有说什么。
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.
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. 他们当时无法理解,我们也是。
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