nor: [14] Nor began life in the Old English period as nother. This was a compound formed from the negative particle and an unrecorded *ōther, a word related to either which expressed the notion of ‘alternative’. In the Middle English period this was contracted to nor. => either
nor (conj.)
c. 1300, contraction of Middle English nauther (see neither). Influenced in form by or.
权威例句
1. The report concludes that I acted neither fraudulently nor improperly.
报告最后认为我的行为既没有欺骗性也没有任何不妥。
2. They can neither read nor write, nor can they comprehend such concepts.
他们不会读,不会写,也理解不了这样的概念。
3. That, if you'll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.
恕我直言,那根本就不重要。
4. I have received neither an acknowledgment nor a reply.
我未收到任何复函或答复。
5. Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.