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between还是among?

2015-08-18曾克辉

高中生学习·高二版 2015年6期

曾克辉

问:在两者之间用between,三者以上用among。那么The old man divided his property between his three sons. 这句话中的between为什么不用among呢?

首先介绍一下between和among的基本用法,然后回答你的问题。

1. between一般指两个人或物的“之间”,可接复数名词或代词,也可用between... and...连接两个单数名词或代词。如:

A fight broke out between the two boys. 这两个男孩打了起来。

A fight broke out between Tom and Jack. 汤姆和杰克打了起来。

2. between也可以用于两者以上的“之间”。这时,明显存在着个与个之间的相互关系。如:

I eat nothing between meals. 我不吃零食。(即每日三餐的间隔中不吃东西)

3. between可表示“合作、协同或一起”的意义。如:

Between us we killed the wolf. 我们一起打死了那只狼。

4. 在difference之后要用between。如:

Can you tell me the difference between the words injure, harm and wound? 你能告诉我injure, harm和wound这几个词的区别吗?

5. among一般用于三者或三者以上的“在……中间”,后面接表示笼统数量或集合意义的名词或代词。例如:

There is a small hut among the trees. 在树林中有一个小茅草屋。

6. among还可以表示最高级的比较范围。例如:

Shanghai is among the biggest cities in the world. 上海是世界上最大的城市之一。(句中的among相当于one of)

7. 如果谓语动词是divide, share之类表示分、分担之类的动词时,有两种情况:

①并列的几个单数名词或代词要用between... and。如:

Share the sweets between you, Alice and Susan. 你、爱丽丝和苏珊把这些糖果分着吃吧。

②如果后面接的是复数名词,那么既可以用between,也可以用among。如:

The expenses on advertising and sales promotion will be shared between/among our three departments. 广告和促销的费用将由我们三个部门均摊。

因此,根据第7项第②条的解释,问题中的between用among也是正确的。

问:“We havent enough time to do the work.”中的enough是否可以放在time之后?

可以。当enough作形容词修饰名词时,置于名词前或后均可,放在名词前强调enough,放在名词后则强调名词。不过,当enough作副词修饰形容词、副词或动词时,就一定要放在被修饰词之后。例如:

He is not careful enough to do the work. 他不够细心,不能做这项工作。

He swam quickly enough to pass the test. 他游得真够快的,可以通过测试。

To be in good health, you have to sleep enough. 要保持身体健康,你就一定要睡眠充足。

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