among: [OE] Gemong was an Old English word for ‘crowd’ – ge- was a collective prefix, signifying ‘together’, and -mong is related to mingle – and so the phrase on gemonge meant ‘in a crowd’, hence ‘in the midst, surrounded’. By the 12th century, the ge- element had dropped out, giving onmong and eventually among. A parallel bimong existed in the 13th century. => mingle
among (prep.)
early 12c., from Old English onmang, from phrase on gemang "in a crowd," from gemengan "to mingle" (see mingle). Collective prefix ge- dropped 12c. leaving onmong, amang, among. Compare Old Saxon angimang "among, amid;" Old Frisian mong "among."
例文
1. 「One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff."-"Agreed."
「永遠に防ぐことができないのは従業員内部の汚職だ」-「同意する」
2.A former associate of Mr.Pierce 's was among the project 's boosters.
ピアース氏の元パートナーは、この計画の熱心な支持者の一人です。
3.There is a certain impatience among some of the soldiers.
兵士の中には少しいらいらしている兵士もいる。
4.Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
伝染病は洪水に見舞われた多くの被災者に広がっている。
5.Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.