both
英 [bəʊθ]
美 [boʊθ]
- adj. 两个的；两者的
- adv. 并；又；两者皆
- pron. 双方都；两者都
- conj. 既…且…
- n. (Both)人名；(德、罗、捷、南非、匈)博特
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记忆方法
将“both”与“both sides of the story”（两面故事）结合记忆。想象有两个对立的“面”，每面代表故事的某个方面，这样就容易记住它表示“两个都”的含义。
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中文词源
both 两
词源略。
英语词源
- both
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both: [12] The Old English word for ‘both’ was bēgen (masculine; the feminine and neuter form was bā), a relative of a wide range of Indo- European words denoting ‘each of two’, including the second syllables of Old Slavic oba and Latin ambō (represented in English ambidextrous). Most Germanic languages extended the base form by adding -d or -th (as in German beide ‘both’). In the case of Old Norse, this produced bāthir, the form from which English acquired both.
=> ambidextrous - both (adj., pron.)
- there are several theories, all similar, and deriving the word from the tendency to say "both the." One is that it is Old English begen (masc.) "both" (from Proto-Germanic *ba, from PIE *bho "both") + -þ extended base. Another traces it to the Proto-Germanic formula represented in Old English by ba þa "both these," from ba (feminine nominative and accusative of begen) + þa, nominative and accusative plural of se "that." A third traces it to Old Norse baðir "both," from *bai thaiz "both the," from Proto-Germanic *thaiz, third person plural pronoun. Compare similar formation in Old Frisian bethe, Dutch beide, Old High German beide, German beide, Gothic bajoþs.
权威例句
- 1. The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.
- 既能实现交流又能被广为接受的手段就是社会革命。
- 2. 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。
- 3. Featured are both his classics and his latest creations.
- 他的经典作品和最新创作都很独特。
- 4. The degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.
- 该学位课程将为数学和统计学打下扎实的基础。
- 5. Both sides have agreed to demobilize 70% of their armies.
- 双方都同意各自遣散70%的军队。