between……and的意思是“之間;兩者之間;在兩者之間;在……之間”,值得注意的是,between……and只能用來表示“兩者之間”,這其中既可以用來表示時間,也可以表示位置。
下面講解下between的用法。
between的釋義
between常用作介詞和副詞,用作介詞時可譯為“介於…之間,在…之間,在…中間”,用作副詞時可譯為“(空間或時間上)介於…之間”。
常見例句
The path between the two houses was blocked by snow。
兩棟房子之間的小路被雪封死了。
There is a generation gap between my parents and I。
我父母和我之間有代溝。
She tried to intervene between her husband and son。
她想調解丈夫和兒子之間的爭吵。
Our house is between the wood, the river and the village。
我們的房子位於森林、河流和村莊之間。
We first cut the link between the two cities。
我們首先切斷了兩座城市之間的聯絡。
詞彙搭配
come between 離間 fall between two stools 兩頭落空
make mischief between 搬弄是非 Between Rounds 鬧劇
take the bet between 不服管束 connection between 關係
between ourselves 秘密地說 disharmony between 不相適應
詞形變化
名詞: betweenness