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among

a·mong /əˈmʌŋ/ ●●● S2 W1 (also amongst /əˈmʌŋst/) prepositionprep
1  MIDDLEin or through the middle of a group of people or things 在…當中，爲…所圍繞
The girl quickly disappeared among the crowd.
女孩轉眼消失在人群中。
I could hear voices coming from somewhere among the bushes.
我能聽到灌木叢中某個地方傳來說話的聲音。
We walked among the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes.
我們走在山坡上的栗樹林中。
She began rummaging among the books on her desk.
她開始在桌子上的一堆書中亂翻起來。
→ between
2  WITHwith a particular group of people 與〔某一群人〕在一起
Jim relaxed, knowing he was among friends.
吉姆知道周圍都是朋友，放鬆了下來。
3  EFFECT/INFLUENCEused to say that many people in a group have the same feeling or opinion, or that something affects many people in a group 在…群體中
The problem is causing widespread concern among scientists.
該問題在科學家中引起廣泛關注。
The general opinion among police officers was that the law should be tightened.
警察普遍認爲這條法律應該制定得更加嚴厲。
The changes will mean 7,000 job losses among railway workers.
這些變革意味着鐵路工人中將有7,000人失業。
4  INCLUDEused to talk about a particular person, thing, or group as belonging to a larger group 在…（人員）中，是…之一
She was the eldest among them.
她是他們當中年紀最大的。
Innocent civilians were among the casualties.
死傷者中有無辜平民。
My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.
我祖父有一幅馬蒂斯畫的肖像畫。
Representatives were chosen by the students from among themselves.
代表由學生内部選舉産生。
5  among other things/places/factors etc INCLUDEused to say that you are only mentioning one or two people or things out of a much larger group 除了其他東西/地方/因素等
At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Japan.
會上除其他議題外，他們還討論了日本近來發生的事件。
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among other things/places/factors etc• I'd like him to look specifically at Personnel's computing problems among other things. 3.• But that study was highly criticized for poor mammograms, among other things.• You have to give Cronenberg credit for nerve, among other things.• Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.• That could mean, among other things, grouping inmates by race in counseling.• That meant, among other things, keeping them from making any deal that gave real estate to the Vietminh.• The industrial revolution, among other things, necessarily produced general literacy.• It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
6  SHAREif something is divided or shared among a group of people, each person is given a part of it 在…之間（分配）
A father’s property was divided among his heirs.
父親的財産在繼承人之間分配。
7  among yourselves/ourselves/themselves TALK TO somebodywith each other 在你們/我們/他們之間
The allies found it hard to agree among themselves.
盟友發現他們内部很難達成一致意見。
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among yourselves/ourselves/themselves• Augie and I sat alone, and only Bob Cuffy came to talk to us, the others remaining among themselves.• But they might, just might, talk among themselves.• Bioethicists disagree among themselves, both in the clinical setting and on matters of public policy.• The Huntington Beach mayor is chosen by council members from among themselves by seniority.• We know that many among ourselves have given themselves to bondage that they might ransom others.• People began to talk among themselves, others to drift off.• First, if the political parties can not reach agreement among themselves, the President must become involved in the negotiations.• The jockeys then completed nearly a circuit at a gradually increasing pace before deciding among themselves to pull up.
 USAGE: Among, between
To talk about position, use among if there are more than two people or things around someone or something, and between if there is just one person or thing on each side: 表示所處的位置時，如果某人或某物周圍有兩個以上的人或物，要用among；如果每邊只有一個人或物，要用between
They hid among the reeds.
他們躲在蘆葦叢中。
I put my bag down between my feet.
我把包放在地上，夾在雙腳之間。
After words such as 'relationship' or 'difference', use between, even when there are more than two people or things: 即使有兩個以上的人或物，在relationship，difference等詞之後通常也不用among，而用between
5the relationship between these three sectors of the economy
這三個經濟領域之間的關系
nthe relationship between the three friends
✗Don't say: the relationship among the three friends
Examples from the Corpus
among• I saw him standing among a group of students.• Forbes dramatically increased his support among Republican voters statewide.• There is widespread concern among scientists about the safety of storing nuclear waste underground.• The prime minister was among the 300 people who attended the funeral.• Among the collection of photographs are two taken in Hamburg in 1911.• Yeltsin was among the first world leaders to arrive in Paris for the summit.• We helped Mom search for her wedding ring among the rocks below the boardwalk.• The house was hidden among the trees.• The letter is somewhere among these papers on her desk.• There were about twenty spectators, among whom were Bill, Maria and myself.
among friends• Her father also told her that she would be among friends.• There are so many clients, peace should exist among friends.• There should be no need for secrets among friends.• A flushed and jolly character raises his glass among friends and family - how real, how reliable is that evidence?• Now he is among friends, and is usually cheerful.• But such conversations, unless they spring up spontaneously among friends, are usually poor and wretched things.• He wants to share it among friends as well as foes.• Others are widowed or divorced, and hate being the odd one out among friends who are all couples.
Origin among
Old English on gemonge, from on + gemong “crowd”

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