| 釋義 |
neitherad. 1.(used to strengthen a negative) either (放在句末,加強(qiáng)前面的否定意思)也(不)。 △Ado. 1. 1. 297 (287): “theguards are but slightly basted on neither.”那些零碎裝飾品也沒(méi)有結(jié)結(jié)實(shí)實(shí)地縫上去。 △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經(jīng)的希望。 △Oth.3.4.187 (188):“I know not,neither.”我也不知道。(按: neither一詞又作sweet,“親愛(ài)的”。) neither aught: nothing of either兩者皆無(wú)。 △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?yàn)榕说膽n慮和愛(ài)情成為正比,(它們一同變化)不是一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有,便是都趨于極端。 2. for all that盡管如此。 △Ham.5.2.120 (114):“andyet but yaw neither in respect of his quick sail;”盡管如此,由于他像是一帆風(fēng)順的快船,還是叫人搖搖晃晃趕不上。 |