We are very lucky to have such good ____. All the people in the ____ are very kind to each other.
A. neighbours ... neighbour B. neighbourhood ... neighbourhood
C. neighbours ... neighbourhood D. neighbourhood ... neighbours(引自《中学英语错解辨析辞典》)
我选了B。对吗？
此题应当选 C。要记住: neighbour(邻居)指的是“邻近的人”“邻居的人”，而 neighbourhood 则指的是“邻近的地区”“四邻”：
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They have been good neighbours to us. 他们是我们的好邻居。
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The houses in that neighbourhood are expensive. 附近地区的房子都很贵。
显然 the neighbourhood 也可以指“邻居的人”，但它是个集体名词：
The whole neighbourhood talks about it. 所有的邻居都在谈论这件事。
"I wonder whose bicycle it is." "It might be my ____.
(1)——Can you come on Monday or Tuesday? ——I'm afraid ____ day is possible.
A. either B. neither C. some D. any(全国高考,98-6)
(2) I invited Tom and Ann to dinner, but ____ of them came.
A. neither B. both C. either D. none(同上,91-14)
上面两题的答案都是 neither。它们的意义和用法相同吗？
在试题(1)中 neither 是个形容词,作名词 day 的定语 (neither + 单数名词),而在试题
(2) 中, neither 是个代词, 作主语。在这两种用法中, 它们的词义相同: (两者) 都不。请对比:
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Neither book was very interesting. 这两本书都没有什么意思。
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We invited both of them, but neither can come. 我们邀请了他们两个人,可谁也不能来。
[附注] neither of 只能与复数名词或代词连用, 见 none of。
____ road out of town is good, but this one is better than the other.