between: [OE] The second syllable of between is related to two and twin; the word as a whole seems to represent an original phrase meaning something like ‘by two each’. Old English betwēonum reflects a Germanic *twēon, reduced from an earlier *twikhnai; this represents the base *twīkh- (from which we get two) plus an -n suffix with apparently some sort of distributive function. The related betwixt comes ultimately from Germanic *twa ‘two’ and the element *-isk- ‘-ish’. => twin, two
between (prep.)
Old English betweonum "between, among, by turns," Mercian betwinum, from bi- "by" (see be-) + tweonum dative plural of *tweon "two each" (compare Gothic tweih-nai "two each"). Between a rock and a hard place is from 1940s, originally cowboy slang. Between-whiles is from 1670s.
例文
1. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
あなたはどんな人となりたいのかの差は、あなたが何をしたのかということです。
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2.What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple？
IBM社とアップル社が提携したらどんな効果があるのだろうか。
3.The ideological divisions between the parties aren 't always obvious.
政党間のイデオロギー的境界線は必ずしもはっきりしているわけではない。
4.There has always been a difference between community radio and commercial radio.
コミュニティ放送局と商業放送局は常に区別されている。
5.I drain the pasta,then I share it out between two plates.