among

among 是介词，表示“在一群人或事物之中、和……混在一起”，也可表示属于某群体或某种情况在群体中普遍存在。

💡 记忆钩子

把 among 想成“站在人群里面”：人或事物先是混在一群人中，因而可以说某人属于这群人，也可以说某种特点在这群人中很常见。

📝 学习建议

不要把 among 只理解成“在几个之间”；它通常强调处在一个群体或多个对象组成的范围中。学习时可先掌握“在……中、属于……之列、在……当中很常见”这条主线。

📖 中文释义

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core 混在……之中

📖 表示某人或某物处在一群彼此分开的对象中，与它们混在一起或共同生活、活动。重点是“进入一个群体内部”，不只是位于两个东西之间。

💡 常用结构是 live, work, move 或 hide among + 群体。它常用于描述人在一群人或事物中共同存在，语气自然且适用于普通叙述；不要用它来表达只有两个对象之间的明确位置关系。

She lived among the local farmers for a year.

她在当地农民中生活了一年。

A small red flower stood among the tall grasses.

一朵小红花立在高高的草丛中。
core 属于……之列

📖 表示某人或某物属于一个群体、类别或数量范围，是“在这群人或事物当中”的意思，常用来指出某个成员或少数成员。

💡 常用结构是 be among + 复数名词，或 among the + 最高级、数量词等。它后面通常接群体或类别，而不是单个对象；在“属于……之一”的意思上，不要误解为单纯的空间位置。

Maya was among the first students to arrive.

玛雅是最早到达的学生之一。

This book is among the most useful guides for beginners.

这本书属于最实用的入门指南之列。
common 在……群体中普遍存在

📖 表示某种行为、特征或情况出现在一个群体的成员中，强调它在这个群体里很常见或有分布。

💡 常用结构是 be common, popular, widespread 或 frequent among + 人群。among 后面通常接表示群体的复数名词；不要把它理解成每一个成员都一定具有该特征。

Early morning exercise is popular among office workers.

晨练在上班族中很受欢迎。

🌳 词源

among 源自古英语中表示“在群体中”的说法，后来逐渐固定为现代英语介词。

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Old English mang Old English ġemang Old English onġemang Old English amang Middle English among English among The preposition is derived from Middle English among, amang, amange, amonge (“in the presence of, amid, among; in, within; between; during”), from Old English amang, onġemang (preposition), from on (“on, among, in”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + ġemang (“crowd; mixture”, noun) (from ġe- (prefix forming nouns denoting association or similarity) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”)) + mang- (from mængan, mengan (“to mingle, mix”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to knead; to press”))). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’) + mong (“crowd, throng; group”). The adverb is derived from Middle English among, amang (“accompanied by, along with, by the side of, in association with, together; all the while, continually; also, besides; at the same time; from time to time, occasionally; meanwhile; within”), from Old English onġemang (adverb): see further above. cognates * Dutch mank, maank (“among”) * German mang (“among”) (dialectal) * German Low German mank, manken (“among”) * Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”) * West Frisian mank (“among”)

🔄 变式

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