1. between 多指两者之间。如:What’s the difference between the two words?
2. among 指三者或三者以上的同类事物之间,在或笼统的一群人或一些物之中,表示“在……中间,在……之中”。如:The young people lived and worked among the workers.
【注意】我们可以说between you and me,但不能说 between you and I,因为between是介词。
3. between还可以用来指三个或三个以上的人或物的每两个之间。三个或三个以上的名词用and连接,前面用between,而不用among。如:There is not much difference between the three of them.
4. among可用来表示一个比较的范围,常与最高级连用。如:Yokohama is among (= one of) the largest seaports in the Far East.
London is among the greatest cities of the world. 伦敦是世界上最大的城市之一。
【实战演习】
用between 或among填空。
1. _________ the door and the windows there is a map.
2. They divided the money _________ themselves.
3. Near the cemetery (墓地), _________ the trees, there is something shining, perhaps bayonets (刺刀).
4. Switzerland lies _________ France, Ger-many, Austria and Italy.
参考答案:
1. Between
2. among / between (注:用among,they至少是三个人;用between, they是两个人。)
3. between
4. between