both的中文意思

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both
/ bEuW /

◙ predeterminer,determiner & pronoun
1. used for emphasis to refer two people or things, regarded and identified together
• 双方，两者
»[as predeterminer] both his parents indulged him.
  父母都很娇惯他。
»I urge you to read both these books.
  我劝你这两本书都要读一下。
»[as determiner] she held on with both hands.
  她用双手拿着。
»he was blind in both eyes.
  他双目失明。
»[as pronoun] a picture of both of us together.
  我俩的合影。
»Jackie and I are both self-employed.
  杰克和我都自己当老板。
»he looked at them both.
  他看着他俩。
◙ adverb
1. used before the first of two alternatives to emphasize that the statement being made applies to each (the other alternative being introduced by ‘and’ )
• ［用在两个选项之前，表示所作的阐述对这两个选项都适用，另外一个选项前用的是‘and’］ …和…（两者）都，不仅…而且，既…又
»it has won favour with both young and old.
  这既受到了年轻人的欢迎也受到了老年人的欢迎。
»studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and in captivity.
  对金翅雀的研究，既有野生的，也有家养的。

【IDIOMS】

◘ have it both ways
1. benefit from two incompatible ways of thinking or behaving
• 二者兼得
»countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs.
国家难以二者兼得，因为更加清洁的环境有时意味着较少的工作机会。

【语源】

1. Middle English : from Old Norse báthir

【用法】

1. When both is used in constructions with and, the structures following ‘both’ and ‘and’ should be symmetrical in well-formed English. Thus studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and in captivity is better than, for example studies of zebra finches, both in the wild and captivity In the second example, the symmetry of ‘in the wild’ and ‘in captivity’ has been lost. Other examples her article is detrimental both to understanding and to peace not her article is detrimental to both understanding and to peace