among是什么意思

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among 在中間

來(lái)自短語(yǔ)on mong. 詞根mong, 中間，同mingle, 混在一起。

among: among: [OE] Gemong was an Old English word for ‘crowd’ – ge- was a collective prefix, signifying ‘together’, and -mong is related to mingle – and so the phrase on gemonge meant ‘in a crowd’, hence ‘in the midst, surrounded’. By the 12th century, the ge- element had dropped out, giving onmong and eventually among. A parallel bimong existed in the 13th century.
=> mingle
among (prep.): early 12c., from Old English onmang, from phrase on gemang "in a crowd," from gemengan "to mingle" (see mingle). Collective prefix ge- dropped 12c. leaving onmong, amang, among. Compare Old Saxon angimang "among, amid;" Old Frisian mong "among."

1. "One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff."—"Agreed.": “永遠(yuǎn)也防不勝防的就是員工內(nèi)部的貪污腐敗。”——“同意。”

2. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.: 皮爾斯先生的一個(gè)前合伙人是這個(gè)計(jì)劃的熱心支持者之一。

3. There is a certain impatience among some of the soldiers.: 有些士兵有點(diǎn)兒不耐煩。

4. Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.: 傳染病正在遭受洪災(zāi)的很多災(zāi)民中蔓延。

5. Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.: 用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4個(gè)盤里。