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either-or

/ee-ther-awr, ahy-ther-/US // ˈi ðərˈɔr, ˈaɪ ðər- //

非此即彼,非也非也,非此即彼的,或者

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options: It's an either-or situation—you pay the bill or you lose the company's services.

Examples

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Harris is unlikely to see a challenge from Villaraigosa, either.

  • Despite the strong language, however, the neither the JPO nor Lockheed could dispute a single fact in either Daily Beast report.

  • Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.

  • They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.

  • She observed his pale looks, and the distracted wandering of his eyes; but she would not notice either.

  • All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.

  • His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.

  • The young man from far away had not, so far as he knew, either enemies or friends at Monte Carlo.

  • Fortunately, the last crash had been passed without dislocating the parts of either sledge or rider.