| 单词 | nor |
| 释义 | nor /nɔː $ nɔːr/ ●●● S2 W1 conjunction, adverb 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。2 formalAND/ALSO used after a negative statement in order to introduce another negative statement containing a similar kind of information 也不〔用于否定句之后，引导另一含相似意义的否定句〕 I don’t expect children to be rude, nor do I expect to be disobeyed. 我不希望孩子们没礼貌，也不希望他们不听我的话。 It was not my fault, nor his. 那不是我的错，也不是他的。3 British EnglishAND/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。 → neither3Examples from the Corpusnor• 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 conjunctionChinese Corpus things mentioning are that two not when true used |
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