1 'among' and 'between'

If you are among a group of people or things, you are surrounded by them.

• James wandered among his guests.
• Among his baggage was a medicine chest.

You do not say that you are 'among' two people or things. You say that you are between them.

在兩個人或物體當中，使用between， 大于兩個的人或物體當中，使用among.

• Myra and Barbara sat in the back, the baby between them.
• She put the cigarette between her lips.
• The island is midway between Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre.

2 dividing

You can say that something is divided among or between a group of people. There is no difference in meaning.

在表達‘分開、被分開’的意思時，among或between都可以使用。

• ...his estate, which he divided among his brothers and sisters.
• Different scenes from the play are divided between five couples.

Note that the form amongst is somethings used, but is more formal than among.

• I heard that flour was being distributed amongst the citizens.

3 differences

You do not use among when you are talking about differences. You do not say, for example, 'I couldn't see any difference among the tree chairs'. You say 'I couldn't see any differences between the three chairs'.

使用between來表達‘不同’，而不使用among。

• There was an important difference between the political analytics and the military ones.
• For the 1997 election, while experts could tell the difference between the three main parties, the computer did not.

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