“夾”用哪個英語單詞?怎麼用?本文告訴你

between可以當“夾”的意思。

例句:

There is a cigarette between his finger.

他手裡夾著一根香菸。

between幾種含義

adv. 在中間,當中

My house was squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season.

我的房子被擠在中間,兩旁是季租金一萬二到一萬五的龐大地段。

prep.

(1)在…之間

They planted a lot of trees between the two buildings.

他們在兩座建築物之間栽了許多樹。

(2)私下,暗中

Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.

我們私下說說,我知道他想娶她。

(3)來往於…之間

There is a path between the house and the road.

有條小路將房子與出路連接起來。

(4)由…分擔(分享)

Between them they landed the big fish.

他們齊心協力將大魚捕上岸。

(5)總共,總計

The three sites employ 12,500 people between them.

這三處共僱用了12,500名員工。

詞義辨析

among 指三者或三者以上的同類事物之間。

between 多指兩者之間,但現代英語中也可指三者或三者以上,表示彼此間清楚的獨立的個體關係。

amid 正式用詞,側重指在某個地方的中間或被某個東西包圍著或在非同類人中間。

amongst 與among同義,是among的變體。一般說來among總能替代amongst,而amongst則不然。


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