nor
conjunction, adv
nɔː
conjunction, adv
1
neither … nor …
used
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
used
after
a
negative
statement
in
order
to
introduce
another
negative
statement
containing
a
similar
kind
of
information
[正式] 也不〔用于否定句之后，引导另一含相似意义的否定句〕
formal
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，也不希望他们不听话。
It
was
not
my
fault,
nor
his.
那不是我的错，也不是他的。
3
used
after
a
negative
statement
to
say
that
the
negative
statement
is
also
true
for
someone
or
something
else
[英] 也不
BrE
‘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。