KK 音標 | 〔 bәˋtwin 〕 |
國際音標 | 〔 biˊtwiːn,bә- 〕 |
between
[基本字彙]
【介系詞】
〔縮〕 bet.
1 a. 在…之間
between the trees 在樹木間
between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock 十一點和十二點之間
b. (數量; 程度) 在…之間
It costs between 15 and 20 dollars. 花費在十五和二十美元之間
2 連接 (兩個地區)
a railroad between the two cities 連接兩個城市的鐵路
3 結合; 聯合
an agreement between workers and management 勞資雙方之間的協議
a certain resemblance between the two stories 兩本書共同的相似點
4 a. 在…共同努力之下
Between them they succeeded. 在他們倆的努力之下他們成功了
b. 共享; 共有
They had only a few dollars between them. 他們倆只有一些錢
5 在 (兩者) 之間選一
choose between riding and walking 選擇搭車或走路
【副詞】
(位置, 時間) 在…之間地; 在其間地
【慣用語】
between you and me
祕密的 (只有你我二人知道)
in between
在中間
My roomates disagreed and I was caught in between.我的室友們不合而我夾在中間不知如何是好
in between times
在…期間
has written several books and teaches in between times在這期間寫了幾本書並一邊教書
【名詞】
betweenness