among是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为prep. 在…之中； 在一群(组) 之中； 于…之间，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But this hard body might be a bony covering, like that of the antediluvian animals; and I should be free to class this monster among amphibious reptiles, such as tortoises or alligators.
-- They were civil, and only used that odd language among themselves, the origin of which I could not guess, neither could I question them.
-- This group covers an area of 370 square leagues, and it is formed of sixty groups of islands, among which the Gambier group is remarkable, over which France exercises sway.
-- The Nautilus, having passed the outer belt of rocks by a narrow strait, found itself among breakers where the sea was from thirty to forty fathoms deep.
-- On the 10th of February, 1828, the Astrolabe appeared off Tikopia, and took as guide and interpreter a deserter found on the island; made his way to Vanikoro, sighted it on the 12th inst., lay among the reefs until the 14th, and not until the 20th did he cast anchor within the barrier in the harbour of Vanou.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Ursula knew, among these men, only Rupert Birkin, who was one of the school-inspectors of the county.
-- For Gudrun had been a social success, and had her friends among the slack aristocracy that keeps touch with the arts.
-- With all that was highest, whether in society or in thought or in public action, or even in art, she was at one, she moved among the foremost, at home with them.
-- No one could put her down, no one could make mock of her, because she stood among the first, and those that were against her were below her, either in rank, or in wealth, or in high association of thought and progress and understanding.
-- She saw a confusion among the people, a cab pulling up, and her lover dropping out of the carriage, and dodging among the horses and into the crowd.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date '1500,' and the name 'Hareton Earnshaw.'
-- Such an individual seated in his arm chair, his mug of ale frothing on the round table before him, is to be seen in any circuit of five or six miles among these hills, if you go at th e right time after dinner.
-- Ah, your favourites are among these?'
-- Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning could you spare me one?
-- The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatis m can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They can't be bees nobody ever saw bees a mile off, you know ' and for some time she stood silent, watching one of them that was bustling about among the flowers, poking its proboscis into them, 'just as if it was a regular bee,' thought Alice.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes that he described.
-- This appeal seemed to produce some effect, for two of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, but half-heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye to their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on the road.
-- Any of the under-gamekeepers would gladly have changed places with him; but such was not the squire's pleasure, and the squire's pleasure was like law among them all.
-- I set off, overjoyed at this opportunity to see some more of the ships and seamen, and picked my way among a great crowd of people and carts and bales, for the dock was now at its busiest, until I found the tavern in question.
-- Indeed, he seemed in the most cheerful spirits, whistling as he moved about among the tables, with a merry word or a slap on the shoulder for the more favoured of his guests.
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