among

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among主要用于三者或三者以上，其賓語通常是表示籠統(tǒng)數(shù)量或具有復數(shù)意義的名詞或代詞。
among有時相當于one of，即“…當中的一個”。among還可引出形容詞最高級的比較范圍，但須注意最高級形式出現(xiàn)在among之前或之后意義有所不同。
among的用法比amongsta普遍。元音前，多用amongst（很少在美國使用），如amongst us；
among與between的比較：among用在三個或三個以上的人或物前，between是用在兩者之間, 與and搭配，如between he and me，但不與among搭配，不能說among A， B and C。表示在某些物體的兩邊之間時，不管物體的數(shù)量多少，用between。divide或share一些東西的時候，單數(shù)名詞用divide between和share between，而復數(shù)名詞用between或among都可。There is a little valley between high mountains.He divided his money between his wife, his daughter and his sister. I shared the food between/among all my friends.
句子He is sitting among his best friends中，He指的不是他最好的朋友中的一個，而句子He is among my best friends中的He是我最好的朋友中的一個；
among后有時接不可數(shù)名詞，如among the furniture和among the turf。

Someone or something that is situated or moving among a group of things or people is surrounded by them.
If you are among people of a particular kind, you are with them and having contact with them.
If someone or something is among a group, they are a member of that group and share its characteristics.
If you want to focus on something that is happening within a particular group of people, you can say that it is happening among that group.
If something happens among a group of people, it happens within the whole of that group or between the members of that group.
If something such as a feeling, opinion, or situation exists among a group of people, most of them have it or experience it.
If something applies to a particular person or thing among others, it also applies to other people or things.
If something is shared among a number of people, some of it is given to all of them.
If people talk, fight, or agree among themselves, they do it together, without involving anyone else.