3EFFECT/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…群体中
The problem is causing widespread concern among scientists.
该问题在科学家中引起广泛关注。
The general opinion among police officers was that the law should be tightened.
警察普遍认为这条法律应该制定得更加严厉。
The changes will mean 7,000 job losses among railway workers.
这些变革意味着铁路工人中将有7,000人失业。
4INCLUDEused to talk about a particular person, thing, or group as belonging to a larger group 在…(人员)中,是…之一
She was the eldest among them.
她是他们当中年纪最大的。
Innocent civilians were among the casualties.
死伤者中有无辜平民。
My grandfather had among his possessions a portrait by Matisse.
我祖父有一幅马蒂斯画的肖像画。
Representatives were chosen by the students from among themselves.
代表由学生内部选举产生。
5among other things/places/factors etcINCLUDEused to say that you are only mentioning one or two people or things out of a much larger group 除了其他东西/地方/因素等
At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Japan.
会上除其他议题外,他们还讨论了日本近来发生的事件。
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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 poormammograms, 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 foreignminister 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 industrialrevolution, among other things, necessarily produced generalliteracy.• It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
6SHAREif something is divided or shared among a group of people, each person is given a part of it 在…之间(分配)
A father’s property was divided among his heirs.
父亲的财产在继承人之间分配。
7among yourselves/ourselves/themselvesTALK TO somebodywith each other 在你们/我们/他们之间
The allies found it hard to agree among themselves.
盟友发现他们内部很难达成一致意见。
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among yourselves/ourselves/themselves• Augie and I sat alone, and only Bob Cuffy came to talk to us, the others remainingamong themselves.• But they might, just might, talk among themselves.• Bioethicists disagreeamong themselves, both in the clinicalsetting and on matters of public policy.• The Huntington Beachmayor 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 agreementamong themselves, the President must become involved in the negotiations.• The jockeys then completed nearly a circuit at a gradually increasing pace before decidingamong 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: 表示所处的位置时,如果某人或某物周围有两个以上的人或物,要用among;如果每边只有一个人或物,要用between
They hid among the reeds.
他们躲在芦苇丛中。
I put my bag down between my feet.
我把包放在地上,夹在双脚之间。
After words such as 'relationship' or 'difference', use between, even when there are more than two people or things: 即使有两个以上的人或物,在relationship,difference等词之后通常也不用among,而用between
5the relationship between these three sectors of the economy
这三个经济领域之间的关系
nthe relationship between the three friends
✗Don't say: the relationship among the three friends
among friends• Her father also told her that she would be among friends.• There are so many clients, peace should existamong friends.• There should be no need for secrets among friends.• A flushed and jollycharacterraises his glassamong 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.