be.tween

between的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [biˈtwi:n]
KK音标发音： [bɪˈtwin]

between的词性：
prep.Abbr. bet（介词）缩写 bet

1. In or through the position or interval separating:
在…之间：在分离的位置或时间之间：

between the trees; between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock.
在树木间；在11点到12点之间

2. Intermediate to, as in quantity, amount, or degree:
在…之间：在质量、数量或程度上居于中间的：

It costs between 15 and 20 dollars.
这价值在15到20美元之间

3. Usage Problem Connecting spatially:
【用法疑难】 连接：在空间上连接的：

a railroad between the two cities.
两城市之间的铁路

4. Usage Problem Associating or uniting in a reciprocal action or relationship:
【用法疑难】 结合，联合：因相互的行为或关系而联系着：

an agreement between workers and management; a certain resemblance between the two stories.
工人们与管理者之间的协议；两个故事之间的某种相似之处

5. By the combined effort or effect of:
由于共同努力的结果：

Between them they succeeded.
由于共同努力，他们成功了

6. In the combined ownership of:
共享：共同拥有：

They had only a few dollars between them.
他们总共只有几块美元

7. As measured against. Often used to express a reciprocal relationship:
权衡：权衡；与…做比较。通常用于表示一种互相的关系：

choose between riding and walking.
在搭车和走路之间选择

between的词性：
adv.（副词）

8. In an intermediate space, position, or time; in the interim.
在…当中：在空间，位置或时间的中间；在当中

9. In the strictest confidence.
你知我知，天知地知：表示非常信任

10. In an intermediate situation:
在中间的状况：

My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.
我的室友不同意，我被夹在中间进退两难

11. During an intervening period; in the meantime:
穿插着；同时：在其间的一段时期；同时：

has written several books and teaches in between times.
在写书的同时也教书

between的词源：

12. Middle English bitwene
中古英语 bitwene

13. from Old English betw?onum * see dwo-
源自 古英语 betw?onum *参见 dwo-

between的词性：
n.（名词）

between的用法：

14. According to a widely repeated but unjustified tradition, “between is used for two, and among for more than two.” It is true that between is the only choice when exactly two entities are specified: the choice between (not among ) good and evil, the rivalry between (not among ) Great Britain and France. When more than two entities are involved, however, or when the number of entities is unspecified, the choice of one or the other word depends on the intended sense. Between is used when the entities are considered as distinct individuals; among, when they are considered as a mass or collectivity. Thus in the sentence The bomb landed between the houses, the houses are seen as points that define the boundaries of the area of impact ( so that we presume that none of the individual houses was hit). In The bomb landed among the houses, the area of impact is considered to be the general location of the houses, taken together ( in which case it is left open whether any houses were hit). By the same token, we may speak of a series of wars between the Greek cities, which suggests that each city was an independent belligerent, or of a series of wars among the Greek cities, which allows as well the possibility that the belligerents were shifting alliances of cities. For this reason, among is most appropriate to indicate inclusion in a group:
根据重复多次但没什么根据的传统看法，“between 用于两者之间，而 among 用于二者以上。” 当只提到两个实体时，between 确实是唯一的选择： the choice between （而不用 among ） good and evil（善与恶之间的选择），the rivalry between （不用 among ） Great Britain and France（英法间的对抗）。 当牵涉到两个以上实体时，如果实体的数目不确定，选择其中之一则取决于倾向性。当实体被看作不同的个体时用between ； 当其被看作整体或集合时用among 。 因此在句子The bomb landed between the houses 中，房屋被看作一个限定了中弹地区的界限（ 所以我们假设一所所单独的房子未被击中）。在The bomb landed among the houses 中，被中弹地区被看作是房屋的整体地区（ 在这种情形下房屋是否被击中并未说明）。同样的表示法，我们可以说a series of wars between the Greek cities， 表示每个城市是独立的参战者，我们也可以说a series of wars among the Greek cities， 表示存在某些城市做为联合参战者的可能性。 因此，among 最适合表示包括在一群成一组人之内：

She is among the best of our young sculptors.
她是我们年轻的雕塑家中最好的之一。

There is a spy among you (
你们当中有个间谍。（

15. this last is arguably appropriate even when there are only two addressees; certainly between would be impossible). Between is the preferred choice when the entities are seen as determining the limits or endpoints of a range:
后一句亦可适用于当仅有两者时的情况；当然between 是不可能的）。 实体被视为确定某范围的界限或终点时，更适合选择用between ：

The plane went down somewhere between Quito, Lima, and La Paz.
飞机在基多、利马和拉巴斯之间的某地坠毁。

The truck driver had obviously been drinking between stops.
卡车司机显然在中途站间喝了酒