詞彙精選：between的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adv.

在中間，當中

例句：

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。

例句：

He was wedged between two fat ladies.

他被兩位胖女人夾在中間。

prep.

在…之間

例句：

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。

例句：

These books were written between 1736 and 1770.

這些書寫於一七三六至一七七零年之間。

私下，暗中

例句：

Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.

我們私下說說，我知道他想娶她。

例句：

Between you and me, though, it's been awful for business.

不過你我之間說說，這事兒辦得真不怎麼樣。

來往於…之間

例句：

There is a path between the house and the road.

有條小路將房子與出路連接起來。

例句：

I spent a lot of time in the early Eighties travelling between London and Bradford.

八十年代初，我有很多時間穿梭於倫敦和布拉德福德之間。

由…分擔（分享）

例句：

Between them they landed the big fish.

他們齊心協力將大魚捕上岸。

例句：

The three children saved about two hundred dollars between them.

三個孩子一起積蓄了大約二百元錢。

總共，總計

例句：

The three sites employ 12,500 people between them.

這三處共僱用了12,500名員工。

例句：

Between them, they train over fifty horses in Lambourn.

他們在蘭伯恩總共馴了五十多匹馬。

二、詞義辨析：

among,between,amid,amongst

這些前置詞均含“在……之間，在……之中”之意。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着或在非同類人中間。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。

三、相關短語：

read between the lines

看出字裏行間的意思領悟言外之意

between decks

主甲板下方的甲板

war between the states

n. 南北戰爭

四、參考例句：

No differences between compared files.

所比較的文件之間沒有差異。

Someone must arbitrate between them.

得有一個人在他們當中進行仲裁。

discriminate between cloud and fog

區別雲和霧

She is hovering between life and death.

她在生死之間徘徊。

Keep some space between the cars.

那兩部車子之間要保持一些間隔。

May is between April and June.

五月在四月和六月之間。

His emotions veered between fear and anger.

他的情緒變化不定，一會兒恐懼一會兒生氣。

I went between the walls of clay.

我從泥坯碼成的甬牆中間走過。

Sandwich an appointment in between two meetings.

在兩個會議中間安插一次約會。

They redetermined the relation between them.

他們重新確定了他們之間的關係。