[bɪ'twiːn][bɪ'twiːn]
  • prep. 在 … 之间
  • adv. 在中间
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    前缀be-,强调。tween,二,词源同two.
      preposition(介词)
      1. (空间上)在…中间,在…之间
      2. (数量)介于…之间
      3. (时间上)在…中间,在…之间
      preposition(介词)
      1. 在(两个或两个以上的人或事)之间
      2. (讨论、争论或比赛)发生在…之间
      3. 在…间(做出选择)
      4. 来往于…之间;连接着…
      5. (地点)从…到…;往返于
      6. 分隔着;区分开…

    双解例句

    preposition(介词)
    1. (空间上)在…中间,在…之间

      The town lies halfway between Rome and Florence.

      此城镇位于罗马和佛罗伦萨的中间。

      Standing between the two adults was a small child.

      站在两个大人之间的是个小孩。

      She squeezed between the parked cars and ran out into the road.

      她在停放的车子间挤来挤去,最后跑到了马路上。

      There were two houses with a narrow path in between.

      一条狭窄的小路从两幢房子之间穿过。

    2. (数量)介于…之间

      She weighs between 55 and 60 kilograms.

      她的体重在55公斤到60公斤之间。

      The competition is open to children between six and twelve years of age.

      比赛是为6岁至12岁的孩子而设的。

      The room was either extremely cold or hot, never anything in between (= in the middle).

      这间屋子不是极冷就是极热,从来都没有不冷不热的时候。

    3. (时间上)在…中间,在…之间

      You shouldn't eat between meals.

      你不应该吃零食。

      There is a break of ten minutes between classes.

      课间有10分钟的休息时间。

      The office is closed for lunch between 12.30 and 1.30.

      办公室午饭时间关闭,时间从12点半到1点半。

      In between sobs, he managed to tell them what had happened.

      他泣不成声,呜咽着向他们诉说所发生的一切。

      He visits his parents every month and sometimes in between.

      他每个月都去看望父母,有时候去得更频繁一些。

    preposition(介词)
    1. 在(两个或两个以上的人或事)之间

      The money was divided equally between several worthy causes.

      那笔钱被平均分配给几个有价值的项目。

      We drank two bottles of wine between the four of us.

      我们4个人分享了两瓶酒。

      Trade between the two countries (= their trade with each other) has increased sharply in the past year.

      在过去的一年里,两国之间的贸易额急剧增加。

      There is a great deal of similarity between Caroline and her mother (= they are very similar).

      卡罗琳和她的母亲之间有许多相似之处。

    2. (讨论、争论或比赛)发生在…之间

      The negotiations between the union and management have broken down.

      工会和资方的谈判已经破裂。

      There has always been a fierce rivalry between the two schools.

      这两所学校之间的竞争一直很激烈。

      Tonight's game is between the New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams.

      今晚的比赛在新奥尔良圣徒队和洛杉矶公羊队之间举行。

    3. 在…间(做出选择)

      You'll have to choose between a holiday or a new washing machine.

      你必须在度假和买洗衣机之间作出选择。

      She was torn between loyalty to her father and love for her husband (= she could not decide which one to support).

      对父亲的感情和对丈夫的爱不能两全,这让她左右为难。

    4. 来往于…之间;连接着…

      There is a regular train service between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

      在格拉斯哥和爱丁堡之间有定期列车开行。

      The survey shows a link between asthma and air pollution.

      调查表明哮喘病与大气污染有关。

    5. (地点)从…到…;往返于

      He commutes daily between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

      他每天往返于巴尔的摩和华盛顿特区之间。

    6. 分隔着;区分开…

      The wall between East and West Berlin came down in 1989.

      将东西柏林隔开的柏林墙于1989年被推倒了。

      The report states that the gap between the rich and the poor has increased dramatically over the past decade.

      报告表明在过去10年里贫富差距明显增大了。

    小知识

    To be between two things is to be in the middle. In a picture, if you are between your sisters, one is on your left and the other is on your right.

    The preposition between comes from the Old English word betweonum, meaning “among,” or “by turns.” If you are between jobs, you are not at your old job anymore and you haven’t yet found a new one — you are in the middle of your transition to something new, just as if you live between two feuding neighbors, you might feel caught in the middle. If you are stuck between a rock and a hard place, you are in some kind of trouble.

    实用短语

    1. go-between

      穿针引线,中间人,中介人,媒人

    2. few and far between

      稀少的,不多,不常碰到或发现的,少而分散的

    3. read between the lines

      字里行间的言外之意,明白其言外之意,读懂暗含的意思,字里行间的话中有话

    4. mean time between failures

      平均故障间隔,平均故障间隔时间,平均无故障工作时间,

    5. distinguish between

      分别,辨别,分辨

    6. between two worlds

      两个世界,两个世界之间,世界之间,世界

    7. between you and me

      你我之间,就你和我,保密,在你和我之间

    8. in between

      在中间,新同居时代,进退两难,半熟恋人

    9. in between dreams

      仲夏夜之梦,唱片名,梦想之中

    常用短语

    1. in between

      在中间

    2. between you and me

      只限于咱俩之间;我们之间的秘密

    3. between ourselves

      只限于咱们之间;秘密的

    4. go between

      调停;做中间人

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    以下这些前置词均包含”在……之间,在……之中”的意思
    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。
    重要短语
    in between在中间
    between you and me只限于咱俩之间;我们之间的秘密
    between ourselves只限于咱们之间;秘密的
    go between调停;做中间人

    同义词辨析

    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。

    同义词

    prep.在…之间

    among  /  betwixt

    其他释义

    betwixt  /  among

    同根词

    词根:betwixt

    adv.

    betwixt在其间;不走极端

    prep.

    betwixt在……之间;在……中间