释义 |
neitherad. 1.(used to strengthen a negative) either (放在句末,加强前面的否定意思)也(不)。 △Ado. 1. 1. 297 (287): “theguards are but slightly basted on neither.”那些零碎装饰品也没有结结实实地缝上去。 △Mer.3.5.7:“and that isbut a kind of bastard hope neither.”i.e. that is notmuch of a hope either. 可是那也算不上什么正经的希望。 △Oth.3.4.187 (188):“I know not,neither.”我也不知道。(按: neither一词又作sweet,“亲爱的”。) neither aught: nothing of either两者皆无。 △Ham. 3.2.179 (167):“For women's fear and love hold quantity. / In neither aught,or in extremity.”i.e.Women's fear and love are proportioned to each other:they either contain nothing,or what they containis in extremes. 因为女人的忧虑和爱情成为正比,(它们一同变化)不是一点都没有,便是都趋于极端。 2. for all that尽管如此。 △Ham.5.2.120 (114):“andyet but yaw neither in respect of his quick sail;”尽管如此,由于他像是一帆风顺的快船,还是叫人摇摇晃晃赶不上。 |