amongst
英 [ə'mʌŋst] 美 [əˈmʌŋst]

prep.

（表示位置）处在…中；（表示范围）在…之内；（表示牵涉）经过；（表示所属）为…所特有

同近义词辨析

among, amongst, amid, between

这组词都有“在……之间，在……之中”的意思，其区别是：

among指三者或三者以上的同类事物之间。

amongst与among同义，是among的变体。一般说来among总能替代amongst,而amongst则不然。

amid正式用词，侧重指在某个地方的中间或被某个东西包围着或在非同类人中间。

between多指两者之间，但现代英语中也可指三者或三者以上，表示彼此间清楚的独立的个体关系。

双语例句

用作介词(prep.)

1. She is the tallest amongst her classmates.
   她在她同学之中是最高的。
2. Anticholesterol and blood pressure lowering medications were amongst the common drugs known to interfere with smell.
   抗胆固醇药和降压药包括在所知的妨碍嗅觉普通药之中。
3. A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings.
   一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。
4. Xinhua quoted the outrage amongst several users of the game.
   新华社援引的愤慨几个用户之间的游戏。

权威例句

Antigenic relationships amongst coronaviruses.
Multiple interactions amongst floral homeotic MADS box proteins.
RDP: detection of recombination amongst aligned sequences.
Prevalence of haemochromatosis amongst asymptomatic Australians
A model of burnout and life satisfaction amongst nurses.
IMPROVED SURVIVAL AMONGST PATIENTS TREATED WITH ADJUVANT TAMOXIFEN AFTER MASTECTOMY FOR EARLY BREAST CANCER
Determinants and effects of income diversification amongst farm households in Burkina Faso
THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE PRE‐ECLAMPSIA AMONGST MOTHERS AND MOTHERS‐IN‐LAW OF PRE‐ECLAMPTICS AND CONTROLS
The prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy amongst women with osteoporosis: an international epidemiological investigation
Analysis of the Mortality Experience amongst U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Workers after Chronic Low-Dose Exposure to Ionizing Radiation