among, between, amid, amongst

副詞 between:

1. in the interval
   同義詞：betwixt
2. in between
   同義詞：'tween

1. Children must attend school between 5 and 16.
   5至16歲的孩子必須上學(xué)。
2. One town ends where the next begins and there's a road that runs between.
   一個城鎮(zhèn)連接著另一個城鎮(zhèn)，兩者之間有一條路。
3. What is the difference between this and that?
   這和那之間的區(qū)別是什么？

be.tween

prep.Abbr. bet.（介詞）縮寫 bet.

In or through the position or interval separating:
在…之間：在分離的位置或時間之間：
例句：
between the trees; between o`clock and 2 o`clock.
在樹木間；在點(diǎn)到2點(diǎn)之間

Intermediate to, as in quantity, amount, or degree:
在…之間：在質(zhì)量、數(shù)量或程度上居于中間的：
例句：
It costs between 5 and 20 dollars.
這價(jià)值在5到20美元之間

Usage Problem Connecting spatially:
【用法疑難】 連接：在空間上連接的：
例句：
a railroad between the two cities.
兩城市之間的鐵路

Usage Problem Associating or uniting in a reciprocal action or relationship:
【用法疑難】 結(jié)合，聯(lián)合：因相互的行為或關(guān)系而聯(lián)系著：
例句：
an agreement between workers and management; a certain resemblance between the two stories.
工人們與管理者之間的協(xié)議；兩個故事之間的某種相似之處

By the combined effort or effect of:
由于共同努力的結(jié)果：
例句：
Between them they succeeded.
由于共同努力，他們成功了

In the combined ownership of:
共享：共同擁有：
例句：
They had only a few dollars between them.
他們總共只有幾塊美元

As measured against. Often used to express a reciprocal relationship:
權(quán)衡：權(quán)衡，與…做比較。通常用于表示一種互相的關(guān)系：
例句：
choose between riding and walking.
在搭車和走路之間選擇

adv.（副詞）
In an intermediate space, position, or time; in the interim.
在…當(dāng)中：在空間，位置或時間的中間；在當(dāng)中

<習(xí)慣用語>between you and me
In the strictest confidence.
你知我知，天知地知：表示非常信任
in between
In an intermediate situation:
在中間的狀況：
例句：
My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.
我的室友不同意，我被夾在中間進(jìn)退兩難

in between times
During an intervening period; in the meantime:
穿插著；同時：在其間的一段時期；同時：
例句：
has written several books and teaches in between times.
在寫書的同時也教書

來源：
Middle English bitwene
中古英語 bitwene
from Old English betwôonum * see dwo-
源自 古英語 betwôonum *參見 dwo-

【引伸】
between.ness
n.（名詞）
According to a widely repeated but unjustified tradition,.between is used for two, and among for more than two.. It is true thatbetween is the only choice when exactly two entities are specified: the choice between (not among ) good and evil, the rivalry between (not among ) Great Britain and France. When more than two entities are involved, however, or when the number of entities is unspecified,the choice of one or the other word depends on the intended sense.Between is used when the entities are considered as distinct individuals; among, when they are considered as a mass or collectivity. Thus in the sentenceThe bomb landed between the houses, the houses are seen as points that define the boundaries of the area of impact (so that we presume that none of the individual houses was hit). InThe bomb landed among the houses, the area of impact is considered to be the general location of the houses, taken together (in which case it is left open whether any houses were hit). By the same token, we may speak ofa series of wars between the Greek cities, which suggests that each city was an independent belligerent, or ofa series of wars among the Greek cities, which allows as well the possibility that the belligerents were shifting alliances of cities. For this reason,among is most appropriate to indicate inclusion in a group:
根據(jù)重復(fù)多次但沒什么根據(jù)的傳統(tǒng)看法，.between 用于兩者之間，而 among 用于二者以上。. 當(dāng)只提到兩個實(shí)體時，between 確實(shí)是唯一的選擇： the choice between （而不用 among ） good and evil（善與惡之間的選擇），the rivalry between （不用 among ） Great Britain and France（英法間的對抗）。 當(dāng)牽涉到兩個以上實(shí)體時，如果實(shí)體的數(shù)目不確定，選擇其中之一則取決于傾向性。當(dāng)實(shí)體被看作不同的個體時用between ； 當(dāng)其被看作整體或集合時用among 。 因此在句子The bomb landed between the houses 中，房屋被看作一個限定了中彈地區(qū)的界限（ 所以我們假設(shè)一所所單獨(dú)的房子未被擊中）。在The bomb landed among the houses 中，被中彈地區(qū)被看作是房屋的整體地區(qū)（ 在這種情形下房屋是否被擊中并未說明）。同樣的表示法，我們可以說a series of wars between the Greek cities， 表示每個城市是獨(dú)立的參戰(zhàn)者，我們也可以說a series of wars among the Greek cities， 表示存在某些城市做為聯(lián)合參戰(zhàn)者的可能性。 因此，among 最適合表示包括在一群成一組人之內(nèi)：
例句：
She is among the best of our young sculptors.
她是我們年輕的雕塑家中最好的之一。

例句：
There is a spy among you (this last is arguably appropriate even when there are only two addressees;
你們當(dāng)中有個間諜。（

certainlybetween would be impossible). Between is the preferred choice when the entities are seen as determining the limits or endpoints of a range:
后一句亦可適用于當(dāng)僅有兩者時的情況；當(dāng)然between 是不可能的）。 實(shí)體被視為確定某范圍的界限或終點(diǎn)時，更適合選擇用between ：
例句：
The plane went down somewhere between Quito, Lima, and La Paz.
飛機(jī)在基多、利馬和拉巴斯之間的某地墜毀。

例句：
The truck driver had obviously been drinking between stops.
卡車司機(jī)顯然在中途站間喝了酒