either是什么意思_either怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise" or `also";"he isn"t stupid, but he isn"t exactly a genius either"
"I don"t know either"
"if you don"t order dessert I won"t either"

中英词源

either 两者中的任何一个

缩写自古英语aeghwaether, 来自ae, 词源同each. hwaether,同whether. 即两者中永远有一个。

either: either: [OE] Either is the modern descendant of an ancient Germanic phrase which meant literally ‘always each of two’. Its constituents were *aiwō, source of English aye ‘ever, always’, (which was also one of the building blocks of which each was made) and *gikhwatharaz, ancestor of English whether. In Old English this became lexicalized as the compound ǣgehwæther, subsequently contracted to ǣgther, from which developed modern English either. Despite its similarity, neither is more than just either with a negative prefix tacked on: its history is parallel but slightly different.
=> aye, whether
either: Old English ægðer, contraction of æghwæðer (pron., adv., conj.) "each of two, both," from a "always" (see aye (adv.)) + ge- collective prefix + hwæðer "which of two, whether" (see whether). Cognate with Dutch ieder, Old High German eogiwedar, German jeder "either, each, every").

Modern sense of "one or the other of two" is late 13c. Adverbially, for emphasis, "in any case, at all," especially when expressing negation, by 1828. Use of either-or to suggest an unavoidable choice between alternatives (1931) in some cases reflects Danish enten-eller, title of an 1843 book by Kierkegaard.

词态变化

权威造句

1. She had met both sons and did not care for either.: 两个儿子她都见了，一个都不喜欢。

2. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them.: 他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。

3. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply.: 跑道两侧都是很陡的斜坡。

4. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.: 对峙双方都只是在瞄准射击无辜的旁观者。

5. Either you can talk to him, or I will.: 要么你跟他谈，要么我去。

近反义词

either ... or ... 或 ... 或 ...

in either event 无论是这样还是那样...

either-or 只能二选一的，非彼即...

either...or... 不是...就是.....

on either hand 在两边

either-way market 两可市场

either off or on 总之(不管怎样)...

in either case 两种状况都(不论发生...

either way 总之(不管怎样...

either ... or 不是 ... 就是...

相似短语

either ... or ... 要么…要么…,或者…或者…,不是…就是…

either or 不是...就是..., ...或...

in either event adv.无论这样或那样

either off or on 总之, 不管怎么样

either on or off 间接的或直接的,非此即彼

either way 两者都,反正都,总之

on either hand 在两边

either robe 僧侣;律师

either or order 选择性委托单见alternative order.

in either case 在两种情况下都,反正

单词分析

这些词均含“也”之意。
also比too正式一些，语气较重，只用于肯定句，一般紧靠动词。
too语气较轻，多用于口语，在肯定句中使用，通常位于句末。
as well一般不用否定句，通常放在句末，强调时可放在句中。
either用于否定句，放在句末，之前加逗号。
likewise是书面语用词。

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