between的用法和辨析 相关短语

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一、详细释义：

adv.

在中间，当中

例句：

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

我的房子被挤在中间，两旁是季租金一万二到一万五的庞大地段。

例句：

He was wedged between two fat ladies.

他被两位胖女人夹在中间。

prep.

在…之间

例句：

They planted a lot of trees between the two buildings.

他们在两座建筑物之间栽了许多树。

例句：

These books were written between 1736 and 1770.

这些书写于一七三六至一七七零年之间。

私下，暗中

例句：

Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.

我们私下说说，我知道他想娶她。

例句：

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

不过你我之间说说，这事儿办得真不怎么样。

来往于…之间

例句：

There is a path between the house and the road.

有条小路将房子与出路连接起来。

例句：

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

八十年代初，我有很多时间穿梭于伦敦和布拉德福德之间。

由…分担（分享）

例句：

Between them they landed the big fish.

他们齐心协力将大鱼捕上岸。

例句：

The three children saved about two hundred dollars between them.

三个孩子一起积蓄了大约二百元钱。

总共，总计

例句：

The three sites employ 12,500 people between them.

这三处共雇用了12,500名员工。

例句：

Between them, they train over fifty horses in Lambourn.

他们在兰伯恩总共驯了五十多匹马。

二、词义辨析：

among,between,amid,amongst

这些前置词均含“在……之间，在……之中”之意。among指三者或三者以上的同类事物之间。between多指两者之间，但现代英语中也可指三者或三者以上，表示彼此间清楚的独立的个体关系。amid正式用词，侧重指在某个地方的中间或被某个东西包围着或在非同类人中间。amongst与among同义，是among的变体。一般说来among总能替代amongst,而amongst则不然。

三、相关短语：

read between the lines

看出字里行间的意思领悟言外之意

between decks

主甲板下方的甲板

war between the states

n. 南北战争

四、参考例句：

No differences between compared files.

所比较的文件之间没有差异。

Someone must arbitrate between them.

得有一个人在他们当中进行仲裁。

discriminate between cloud and fog

区别云和雾

She is hovering between life and death.

她在生死之间徘徊。

Keep some space between the cars.

那两部车子之间要保持一些间隔。

May is between April and June.

五月在四月和六月之间。

His emotions veered between fear and anger.

他的情绪变化不定，一会儿恐惧一会儿生气。

I went between the walls of clay.

我从泥坯码成的甬墙中间走过。

Sandwich an appointment in between two meetings.

在两个会议中间安插一次约会。

They redetermined the relation between them.

他们重新确定了他们之间的关系。