either是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 也(不) pron. 两者之一a. (两者中) 任一的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Only one responded old George; the other could not be found, either in the house, lane, or garden.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A straight path beneath the walls on either side of the garden leads to a clump of lime-trees at the further end of it; _line_-trees, as Mme.
-- The hearth is always so clean and neat that it is evident that a fire is only kindled there on great occasions; the stone chimney-piece is adorned by a couple of vases filled with faded artificial flowers imprisoned under glass shades, on either side of a bluish marble clock in the very worst taste.
-- In his figure, manner, and his whole bearing it was easy to see that he had either come of a noble family, or that, from his earliest childhood, he had been gently bred.
-- He had never had either wife or daughter; excesses had reduced him to this sluggish condition; he was a sort of human mollusk who should be classed among the capulidoe, so one of the dinner contingent, an _employe_ at the Museum, who had a pretty wit of his own.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, im-pervious to my touch or sight; but I now found that I could wander on at liberty, with no obstacles which I could not either surmount or avoid.
-- He raised her and smiled with such kindness and affection that I felt sensations of a peculiar and over-powering nature; they were a mixture of pain and pleasure, such as I had never before experienced, either from hunger or cold, warmth or food; and I withdrew from the window, unable to bear these emotions.
-- Her voice was musical but un-like that of either of my friends.
-- A man might be respected with only one of these advantages, but without either he was considered, except in very rare in-stances, as a vagabond and a slave, doomed to waste his powers for the profits of the chosen few!And what was I?
-- I remembered also the necessity imposed upon me of either journeying to England or entering into a long corre-spondence with those philosophers of that country whose knowledge and discoveries were of indispensable use to me in my present undertaking.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On either side of her, the twins lounged easily in their chairs, squinting at the sunlight through tall mint-garnishedglasses as they laughed and talked, their long legs, booted to the knee and thick with saddle muscles, crossednegligently.
-- The dark cedars on either side of the graveled drive met in an arch overhead, turning the long avenue into a dimtunnel.
-- Bless the child, she's a sweet little thing, but I can never remember either her name or her face.
-- The long trestled picnic tables, covered with the finest of the Wilkeses' linen, always stood under the thickestshade, with backless benches on either side; and chairs, hassocks and cushions from the house were scattered about theglade for those who did not fancy the benches.
-- "The trouble with most of us Southerners," continued Rhett Butler, "is that we either don't travel enough or wedon't profit enough by our travels.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like were unreasonably derived from their tombstones.
-- Either the mist was not out again yet, or the wind had dispelled it.
-- As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm.
-- Estella took no notice of either of us, but led us the way that I knew so well.
-- And the oncommonest workman can't show himself oncommon in a gridiron,--for a gridiron IS a gridiron," said Joe, steadfastly impressing it upon me, as if he were endeavouring to rouse me from a fixed delusion, "and you may haim at what you like, but a gridiron it will come out, either by your leave or again your leave, and you can't help yourself--""My dear Joe," I cried, in desperation, taking hold of his coat, "don't go on in that way.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I know nothing of where 14 Grimms' Fairy Talesthe pig was either bred or born; but he may have been the squire's for aught I can tell: you know this country better than I do, take my pig and give me the goose.'
-- On reaching the entrance to the 133forest she found the path strewed with ashes, and these she followed, throwing down some peas on either side of her at every step she took.
-- So the brothers agreed that this plan would be much better than either quarrelling or marrying a lady who had no mind to have them.
-- He answered, 'I may not and will not either eat or drink.'
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