either

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a. (两者之中)任一的, (两者之中)各一的 pron. (两者之中)任一 conj. 或, 要么

发音

UK /ˈaɪ.ðə/
UK /ˈiː.ðə/
US /ˈaɪ.ðɚ/
US /ˈi.ðɚ/
IN /ˈɑj.d̪ə(r)/
其它 /ˈɑj.d̪ə(r)/
IN /ˈi.d̪ə(r)/
其它 /ˈi.d̪ə(r)/
其它 /ˈeɪ.ðə(ɹ)/
IN /ˈɛj.d̪ə(r)/
其它 /ˈɛj.d̪ə(r)/

别名

eather eyther

教材释义与例句

代词

任一，两方，随便哪一个；两者中的一个或另一个

连词

也（用于否定句或否定词组后）；根本

释义与例句

adv. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    As well.

    也不

    I don't like him, and I don't like her either.

    I know a cheap Spanish restaurant. It's not far from here, either.

det. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Any one (of two).

    You can have it in either colour.

  2. 2.

    Each of two; both.

    There is a locomotive at either end of the train, one pulling and the other pushing.

    There are roses on either side of the garden.

  3. 3.

    Any one (of more than two).

    I hope you will be ready to own publicly, whenever you shall be called to it, that by your great and frequent urgency you prevailed on me to publish a very loose and uncorrect account of my travels, with directions to hire some young gentleman of either university to put them in order, and correct the style, as my cousin Dampier did, by my advice, in his book called “A Voyage round the world.”

pron. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    One or the other of two people or things.

    He made me two offers, but I did not accept either.

  2. 2.

    Both, each of two or more.

    废旧
conj. A2
  1. 1.

    Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

    或者……或者……

    要么……要么……

    一系……一系……

    Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.

    You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both.

    You'll be either early, late, or on time.

    Either you'll finish your homework or you'll be grounded you home.

相关短语

either way 两者都,反正都,总之 either … or 或者⋯⋯或者⋯⋯ either do or die do or die 决一死战 agri-politics me either

词源

From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gahwaþar. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder). The pronunciations with /iː/ and /eɪ/ respectively reflect Middle English forms in /ɛː/ and /æi/; the origin of that with /aɪ/ is less clear, but it may reflect a Middle English form with /iː/; see Middle English either for more discussion.

来源：wiktionary