English-Thai Dictionary

either

ADJ อย่างใดอย่างหนึ่ง ใน จำนวน สอง  yang-dai-yang-nueng-nai-jam-nuan-song

 

either

ADV เช่นกัน  ด้วย  เช่นเดียวกัน  เหมือนกัน  chen-kan

 

either

CONJ ถ้า ไม่ .ก็  หรือว่า  ta-mai-kor

 

either

PRON อย่างใดอย่างหนึ่ง ใน จำนวน สอง  yang-dai-yang-nueng-nai-jam-nuan-song

 

either feast or famine

IDM ทั้ง มาก และ น้อย  tang-mak-lae-noi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EITHER

a. or pron. 1. One or another of any number. Here are ten oranges; take either orange of the whole number, or take either of them. In the last phrase, either stands as a pronoun or substitute.
2. One of two. This sense is included in the foregoing.
Lepidus flatters both,
Of both is flattered; but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
3. Each; every one separately considered.
On either side of the river. Revelation 22:2.
4. This word, when applied to sentences or propositions, is called a distributive or a conjunction. It precedes the first of two or more alternatives, and is answered by or before the second, or succeeding alternatives.
Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleepeth. 1 Kings 18:27.
In this sentence, either refers to each of the succeeding clauses of the sentence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EITHER

Ei "ther, a. & pron. Etym: [OE. either, aither, AS. , (akin to OHG. ,MHG. iegeweder ); a + ge + hwæ whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.]

 

1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one. Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak. Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon. There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.

 

2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number. His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton. On either side. .. was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2.The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd ).

 

EITHER

Ei "ther, conj. Either

 

Defn: precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or. Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27.Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede. Latham.

 

Note: Either was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use or. Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries either a vine, figs James iii. 12.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

either

ei ther |ˈēT͟Hər, ˈīT͟Hər ˈiðər ˈaɪðər | ▶conjunction & adverb 1 used before the first of two (or occasionally more ) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “or ”): either I'll accompany you to your room, or I'll wait here | available in either black or white. 2 [ adv., with negative ] used to indicate a similarity or link with a statement just made: you don't like him, do you? I don't, either | it won't do any harm, but won't really help, either. • for that matter; moreover (used to add information ): I was too tired to go. And I couldn't have paid my way, either. ▶determiner & pronoun one or the other of two people or things: [ as determiner ] : there were no children of either marriage | [ as pronoun ] : they have a mortgage that will be repaid if either of them dies. • [ determiner ] each of two: the road was straight with fields of grass on either side. PHRASES either way whichever of two given alternatives is the case: I'm not sure whether he is trying to be clever or controversial, but either way, such writing smacks of racism. ORIGIN Old English ǣgther, contracted form of ǣg (e )hwæther, of Germanic origin; ultimately related to aye 1 and whether . usage: In good English writing style, it is important that either and or are correctly placed so that the structures following each word balance and mirror each other. Thus, it is correct to say either I'll accompany you, or I'll wait here. The two expressed choices are parallel, as each includes the subject and its verb phrase: I'll accompany you; I'll wait here. It would be incorrect to say either I'll accompany you or John because the first choice includes the subject and its verb phrase, but the second choice is just an object: I'll accompany you; John. A corrected version could be I'll accompany either you or John (now the choices are parallel, as each is just the object: you; John ). See also usage at neither .

 

either/or

ei ther /or |ˈēT͟Hərˈôr, ˈīT͟Hərˈôr ˌiðər ˈɔr |(also either-or ) ▶noun an unavoidable choice between two alternatives: you can give him an ultimatum —an either /or.

 

Oxford Dictionary

either

either |ˈʌɪðə, ˈiː -| ▶conjunction & adverb 1 used before the first of two (or occasionally more ) given alternatives (the other being introduced by ‘or ’): either I accompany you to your room or I wait here | available in either black or white. 2 [ adverb, with negative ] used to indicate a similarity or link with a statement just made: You don't like him, do you? I don't either | it won't do any harm, but won't really help either. • for that matter; moreover: I was too tired to go. And I couldn't have paid, either. ▶determiner & pronoun one or the other of two people or things: [ as determiner ] : there were no children of either marriage | [ as pronoun ] : their mortgage will be repaid if either of them dies. • [ determiner ] each of two: the road was straight, with fields on either side. PHRASES either way whichever of two given alternatives is the case. ORIGIN Old English ǣgther, contracted form of ǣg (e )hwæther, of Germanic origin; ultimately related to aye 1 and whether . usage: In good English writing style, it is important that either and or are correctly placed so that the structures following each word balance and mirror each other. Thus, sentences such as either I accompany you or I wait here and I'm going to buy either a new camera or a new video are correct, whereas sentences such as either I accompany you or John and I'm either going to buy a new camera or a video are not well-balanced sentences and should not be used in written English.

 

either/or

either /or ▶noun [ usu. as modifier ] an unavoidable choice between alternatives: an either /or situation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

either

ei ther /íːðə r , áɪ -|áɪ -, íː -/ (!(1 )｟米 ｠では /áɪ -/, ｟英 ｠では /íː -/の発音が若者で増加傾向にある. (2 )通例文の中で用いられると強勢を受ける ) 副詞 比較なし 1 〖either A or B 〗a. (通例2つの可能性を列挙して )AかBかいずれか (!AとBは語 句 節など同等な要素 ) ▸ Take either English class or French class .英語かフランス語かいずれかを受講しなさい ▸ I don't think any of it can be learned. Either you have it or you don't .それはどれをとっても学んで身につくものではないと思うよ . もともと持っているか持っていないかさ ▸ Either this camera is broken or its battery is dead .このカメラは故障しているか, バッテリー切れかのいずれかだ (!過去分詞と節など, 異なる要素は併置できない: ╳This camera is either broken or its battery is dead. としない ) b. (2つの選択肢を示して )AでないならB ▸ Either you go or I will .君が行かないのなら僕が行く 2 〖not … either A or B 〗(2者を同時に否定して )AもBもどちら [いずれ ]も (…ない )▸ I don't like either meat or fish .肉も魚もどちらも好きではない (≒I don't like meat or fish. /I like neither meat nor fish. )語法 1 A と B における省略 文脈から明らかな場合, Aの要素の一部がBにおいて省略されることがある ▸ either by bus or (by ) train バスか列車のいずれかで 2 数の一致の原則 either A or Bが主語になる場合, ｟かたく ｠では, 後続する 動詞 代名詞 はそれに近接したBに呼応するのが原則. 一方, ｟くだけて ｠では, しばしば 動詞 代名詞 とも複数で呼応する ▸ It seems that either he or she has her [｟くだけて ｠have their ] own will .彼か彼女かどちらかが好き勝手にやっているようだ .ただし, Either Tom or I am wrong. (トムか私かどちらかが間違っている )よりも, Either Tom is wrong or I am (wrong ). のような形を使って, 動詞 の呼応問題を避けることも多い .3 3者択一 時にeither A or [, ] B or Cの形で3者の択一を示す ▸ Choose either red, pink or blue .赤かピンクか青かどれかを選んでください 3 〖否定文で; 文尾で 〗…もまた (…ない ) (!(1 )前述の否定内容を反復する; 肯定文におけるtoo, also, as wellに相当. (2 )｟コーパス ｠tooの場合よりも前にコンマを伴うことは少ない ) ▸ I didn't have any money and she didn't (,) either .私はお金を持っていなかったし, 彼女も持っていなかった (≒… and neither did she. ) (!eitherは節末尾で用いるが, neitherは節頭部で用いて倒置を引き起こす ) ▸ “I don't want to go. ” ｟米話 非標準 ｠“Me (,) either .”「私, 行きたくないの 」「おれも (行きたくないん )だ 」 (!Me (,) neither. の方が普通 ) 語法 否定を含意する文中でのeither 明示的な否定文のみならず, 否定的内容を含意する仮定法などでも使用することがある ▸ If he had given up, I should have, either .もし彼があきらめていれば, 私もそうしていたでしょう (!表面上は肯定文だが, 意味的には 「実際にはあきらめなかった 」という否定的内容が反復されている ) 4 〖否定文で 〗それに, そのうえ, といっても (…ではない )(moreover ) (!通例andでつながれた後続節の末尾に置いて前述内容を反復 追加 修正する ) ▸ Meg is clever, and not arrogant either .メグは頭がいいが, そうかといって傲慢 （ごうまん ）ではない ▸ Maybe he wasn't the fastest, but he wasn't slow, either [╳neither ].たぶん彼は最速ではなかったが, 遅くもなかった .形容詞 比較なし 〖単数名詞の前で 〗1 〖通例疑問文 条件文で 〗(2者のうち一方を選ぶよう促して )どちら [いずれ ]か一方の , どちらかの ▸ Will you choose either date? いずれか一方の日程を選んでくれませんか 2 〖通例肯定文で 〗(2者のいずれも認めて )どちら [いずれ ]でも , どちら [いずれ ]の … でも ▸ in either case [event ]いずれの場合でも, どちらにしても ▸ Either size will do .どちらのサイズでもいいです (!doは 「間に合う, ちょうどよい 」の意 ) ▸ “Shall we meet at the front or the back entrance? ” “Either one. ”「正面で会おうか, それとも裏口にしようか 」「どちらでも 」3 〖通例否定文で 〗(2者を同時に否定して )どちら [いずれ ]の …も (…ない )▸ I don't like either color .どちらの色も好きではない (≒I like neither color. )4 (2つ一対の物を修飾して )両方の 〈側 面 端 手など 〉 (!both ＋複数名詞, each ＋単数名詞とほぼ同義 ) ▸ John and Mark were standing on either side of Susan .ジョンとマークはそれぞれスーザンの両側に立っていた ▸ with either hand [╳hands ]左右どちらの手でも 語法 1 either と限定詞 1 のeitherの前に, ほかの限定詞を用いることはできない. たとえば 「彼の左右いずれかの目 」の場合は, ╳his either eyeではなく, either of his eyes と 代名詞 を使う (↓代名詞 1 ).2 either と否定 3 のeitherは全否定 (2者とも否定 )を表すが, 部分否定の場合はnot … both …を用いる ▸ I don't like both colors .2色ともが好きというわけではない .またeitherはanyと同様にnotよりも前の位置に使うことはできないので, 主語に用いるときはneither ＋名詞 とする ▸ Neither book is [╳Either book isn't ] interesting .どちらの本もおもしろくない .3 意味の両義性 たとえばon either sideであれば, 1 の 「いずれか片側 [一方 ]で 」を意味する場合と, 2 または 4 の 「いずれの側でも 」「両側で 」を意味する場合と両方の可能性がある. したがって, 前者の意味を明示する際にはon one side, 後者の意味を明示する際にはon each sideもしくはon both sidesなどを用いる .代名詞 〖either (of A )〗 (!(1 )Aは限定された C 名詞複数形または目的格代名詞複数形. (2 )文脈から明らかな場合of Aは省略されることがある ) 1 〖通例疑問文 条件文で 〗(A 〈2者 〉のうち )どちら [いずれ ]か一方 , どちらか ▸ Are [｟かたく ｠Is ] either of them married yet? 彼らのうちのどちらかはもう結婚しているの (!動詞 の呼応については ↓語法 (1 )) ▸ If either of the dates is chosen, I'll be happy .もしその日程のどちらかが選ばれるのならうれしいです ▸ I'm not sure that either is quicker .どちらが速いかよくわからない (!I'm not sure that … は疑問文に準ずる ) .2 〖通例肯定文で 〗(A 〈2者 〉のうち )どちら [いずれ ]でも ▸ There are two routes, and you can take either of them .2種類の経路があり, いずれを選んでもよい ▸ “Would you like tea or coffee? ” “Either will be fine. ”「紅茶とコーヒーのどちらがよろしいですか 」「どちらでもけっこうです 」3 〖通例否定文で 〗(A 〈2者 〉のうち )どちら [いずれ ]も (…ない )▸ “Which do you like better, meat or fish? ” “I don't like either (of them ).”「肉と魚とどちらが好きですか 」「どちらも嫌いです 」(≒… I like neither [dislike both ] of them. )▸ Ally offered me tea or coffee but I declined either .アリーは紅茶かコーヒーどちらにするか聞いてきたが, どちらも断った (!declineのように否定的な 動詞 の後でも用いる ) .語法 1 ｟コーパス ｠数の一致 ｟かたく ｠では原則として単数扱いだが, ｟くだけて ｠では複数扱いされることがある. 特に, of Aを従える場合によく見られる ▸ I don't think either of you are [｟かたく ｠is ] good at swimming .君たちはどちらも水泳が得意とは思えないなあ 2 3者以上からの選択 1 の用法では, ｟まれ ｠に3者以上からの択一の際にeitherを用いることがあるが, any (one )の方が普通 ▸ Take any [｟まれ ｠either ] of the three cards .3枚のカードから1枚を取りなさい 3 否定 3 の場合, eitherはnotの前で用いないのでnotに先行させる場合はneitherを使用 (↑形容詞 語法 (2 ))▸ Neither of you are wrong .君たち2人はどちらも間違っていない (╳Either of you is not wrong. としない ).4 意味の両義性 たとえば Either of you is right. は 「君たちのどちらか1人が正しい 」(↑1 )を意味する場合と, 「君たちは2人とも正しい 」(↑2 )を意味する場合と両方の可能性がある. そのため, 意味を明確にしたいときは, 前者の場合はOne of you is … 後者の場合はBoth of you are … などとする .

 

either-or

è ither- ó r 形容詞 名詞 C 2者択一 (の ), 2つに1つの (決定 ).