1.either ...or ...意为"或者......或者......;不是......就是......",表示两者之一,连接句子中两个并列的成分,如:主语、谓语、宾语、表语、状语或并列分句。
Either you or I am going there tomorrow.
明天要么你要么我去那里。(并列主语)
He should either clean the windows or water the flowers.
他要么擦窗户,要么去浇花。(并列谓语)
I have either a bowl of noodles or some bread for breakfast.
我早餐要么吃一碗面条,要么吃几片面包。(并列宾语)
I think he is either a teacher or a doctor.
我想他不是教师就是医生。(并列表语)
Either you are mad, or I am (mad).
要么是你疯了,要么是我疯了。(并列分句)
[名师点津] either ...or ...连接两个主语时,谓语动词的形式遵循就近一致的原则。
Either you or he has lunch at school.
要么是你要么是他在学校吃午饭。
其一般疑问句为:
Do either you or he have lunch at school?
是你还是他在学校吃午饭?
2.neither ...nor ...意为"既不......也不......",并列连词,用来连接两个并列的成分。其反义词是"both ...and ..."。
Neither you nor I am going there tomorrow.
我们两个明天都不去那儿。(连接两个主语)
He neither comes to his mother nor goes to his father.
他既不来母亲这边也不去父亲那边。(连接两个谓语)
Li Ming is neither in the classroom nor on the playground.
李明既不在教室也不在操场上。(连接并列表语)
The woman met her friend neither in the morning nor in the afternoon.
那位女士既不是在上午也不是在下午碰到她的朋友的。(连接并列状语)
[即时演练3] 翻译句子
①要么你照顾那位老人,要么他照顾。
Either_you_or_he_has_to_look_after_the_old_man.
②你要么拿这个,要么拿那个。
You_can_take_either_this_one_or_that_one.
③这里冬天既不热也不冷。
It_is_neither_hot_nor_cold_in_winter_here.