either

adj. 两者之中任一的；两者之中每一的

prep. 任何一个

conj. 也（用于否定句或否定词组后）；根本

pron. 任一，两方，随便哪一个；两者中的一个或另一个

pron.

（两者之中）任何一个；

adj.

（两者中）任一的；非此即彼的，两者择一的；

adv.

（否定句中）也；[用于否定句或否定词组后]也（不…），亦，而且；[口语] [用于否定句或否定词组后以加强语气]根本；当然

conj.

[通常用于“either…or…”结构中]或者，要么[在“either…or…”结构中，动词的人称和数一般与离得最近的主动响应，但有时用第三人称单数，在口语中也有把两个主语合在一起用作复数的]；

双语释义

(两者之中)任何一个 one or the other of two

[A](两者中)任一的 one or the other of two

(否定句中)也also

英英释义

either

adv.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"

词组短语

either of两者之一

either or二者择一的；要么…要么…

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“也”的意思，其区别是：

either用于否定句，放在句末，之前加逗号。

likewise是书面语用词。

as well一般不用否定句，通常放在句末，强调时可放在句中。

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。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The thief was put in the police car with a policeman on either side of him.
窃贼被送到警车上，身旁各坐着一个警察。

用作代词(pron.)

You may take either of the roads.
两条路你随便走哪一条。

用作副词(adv.)

It's not as heavy, either.
这也不那么重。

If you do not go, I shall not go either.
你不去，我也不去。

用作连词(conj.)

I will go on business either this week or next week.
我将在这星期或下星期出差。

Either we will find a supply, or we will make the goods.
我们或是寻求供货，或者自己制造。

权威例句

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.

1. Either we read about it somewhere, ask someone, or try it and see what happens.

我们在其他地方见过，或请教过他人，或者亲自试试看会发生什么。

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2. If the designer doesn’t respect his personas, nobody else will either.

如果设计师不尊重所创建的人物角色，其他人也不会尊重他们。

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3. An application has the choice of either rebuffing those perceived mistakes or assisting users in their explorations.

程序要么回避这些可理解的错误，要么协助用户探索不同的选择。

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4. Instead, we must rely either on supplementary text and images, or, most often, on our previous learning and experience.

软件用这种方法无法检测其因果关系；相反，我们必须依靠补充的文本和图片，或者更常用到的是以前的知识和体验。

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5. From the software’s implementation-model point of view, the choice is the same either way.

从软件的实现模型的角度来看，两种选择都可以。

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6. Engineers may want to understand the inner workings, but most users don’t have either the time or desire.

工程师也许希望理解系统内部的工作方式，但多数用户没有这种渴望，也没有时间。

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7. So, too, does the faithfully replicated digital version: It can’t search by first name either.

若把它复制成一模一样的数字化版本，同样你就不能用名字的第1个字母进行搜索。

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8. Property dialog boxes can be either modal or modeless.

属性对话框可以是模态的，也可以是非模态的。

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9. Pluralized windows can be either tiled or overlapping.

多元状态下窗口既可以平铺，也可以层叠。

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10. Think of the dialog as being in either beginner or advanced mode.

你可能认为这种对话框既适用于初学者，也适用于高级用户。

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