both

[bəʊθ]
  • 释义
  • adj.

    二者，两者都;

  • pron.

    二者;

  • adv.

    二者，二者都;

  • conj.

    不仅…而且…，…和…都;

  • 词义辨析
  • both, all
  • all 与 both 都可用于名词之前,常与限定词the, this, my等连用。二者的区别是:
    1.all可与可数名词的单、复数或不可数名词连用; 而 both 只能与复数的可数名词连用。
    2.当这两个词与可数名词的复数形式连用时, all 指三个或三个以上; 而both则指两个。
  • 下面两句的意思不同:
  • Both the foreign guests planted a tree.
    两位外宾各种了一棵树。(总共两棵)
    The two foreign guests planted a tree.
    两位外宾种了一棵树。(只有一棵)
  • both, either, neither
  • 这三个词都表示“两者…”。neither表示“两者都不…”,常与单数谓语动词搭配; both表示“两者都…”,常与复数谓语动词搭配; either表示“两者之一”,常与单数谓语动词搭配。
  • 下面两句意思不同:
  • Both of us won a prize. 我们两人各获一个奖品。
    We both won a prize. 我们俩共获一个奖品。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The uproar was enough to rouse both the quick and the dead.

    这喧嚣声足以惊醒生者和死者.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 2、

    She and I both arrived at the same time by pure coincidence.

    我和她同时到达纯属巧合.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 3、

    These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.

    这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 4、

    These habits are both universal among mankind and peculiar to individuals.

    这些习惯在全人类中很普遍,而对个人来说又很独特.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    Don't wait for me, please . That might be more convenient for both of us.

    别等我了, 咱们两便吧.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 6、

    When we use " he " , we generalize for both sex.

    当我们用 he 时, 我们泛指男女.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    The earth revolves both round the sun and on its own axis.

    地球既公转又自转.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 8、

    They both hold apiece an opinion.

    他们俩各执己见.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    They have both behaved very badly and I am very hurt.

    他们俩都很不友善，让我非常难过。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 10、

    My husband and myself are both doctors.

    我丈夫和我都是医生.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    Harry, could you do the honours? Tom and Angela both want gin and tonic.

    哈里, 能劳驾你 吗 ?汤姆和安杰拉都想要掺奎宁水的杜松子酒.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    In my opinion both of the drivers were at fault.

    在我看来,两位司机都有责任.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 13、

    Their attempts at conciliation had failed and both sides were once again in dispute.

    他们进行调停的努力失败了,双方再次陷入争吵.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 14、

    Both sides affirmed their commitment to the ceasefire.

    双方均申明答应停火。

    《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 15、

    The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.

    新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 16、

    Acceleration and velocity are both vectors.

    加速度和速度都是矢量。

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 17、

    Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.

    桥尽管很大, 但它结构简单,而外形雅观, 实现了设计师要创造出 “ 一个在重物作用下尽可能不变形的庞然大物”的理想.

    ——《用法词典》
  • 18、

    Both men and livestock are flourishing.

    人畜两旺.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 19、

    They both laughed exuberantly.

    他俩都纵情地笑了起来。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 20、

    The captain cares the safety of both the crew and the passengers.

    船长为船员和旅客们的安全操心.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 21、

    This is a ruler graduated in both inches and centimetres.

    这是一把刻有英寸和厘米的尺子.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles.

    蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 23、

    I'll knock ￡3 off the price of the dress if you'll take both dresses.

    两套衣服都要的话那我就把价钱减少三英镑.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 24、

    We both looked up to determine the source of the water.

    我们俩都向上看,以便确定水从何处流下来.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 25、

    Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.

    冲突双方同意暂时停火.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 26、

    Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both.

    发音相同拼写和意思不同的两个单词是同音异义词.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 27、

    Water is both a fluid and a liquid.

    水既是流体又是液体.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 28、

    Both sides stuck to their own stand.

    双方争持不下.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 29、

    Copper and silver are both metals.

    铜和银都是金属.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 30、

    The room is both light and spacious.

    这间屋子既宽敞,又亮堂.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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