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both

/bohth/US // boʊθ //UK // (bəʊθ) //

两个,两者都是,两者都,都是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : one and the other; two together: He met both sisters. Both performances were canceled.
pron.代词 pronoun
  1. 1
    • : the one as well as the other: Both of us were going to the party.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : alike; equally: He is both ready and willing.

Phrases

  • both barrels, with
  • both feet on the ground, with
  • best of both worlds
  • burn the candle at both ends
  • cut both ways
  • foot in both camps
  • have it both ways
  • play both ends against the middle
  • work both sides of the street

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.

  • Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.

  • Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

  • The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how “new” the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.

  • There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

  • You need but will, and it is done; but if you relax your efforts, you will be ruined; for ruin and recovery are both from within.

  • We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.