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核心畫面

You can picture both as pointing at two things at once and saying 'these two together — and I mean each of them, not just one.' Whether it works as a before a noun or in the both...and structure, the job is always the same: gather the two and include each.

可以想成你同時指著兩樣東西說：「這兩個——而且我是說『每一個都算』，不是只挑其中一個。」不管 both 是放在名詞前…更多收起可以想成你同時指著兩樣東西說：「這兩個——而且我是說『每一個都算』，不是只挑其中一個。」不管 both 是放在名詞前面當限定詞，還是用在 both...and 的句型裡，它做的事都一樣：把那兩樣圈在一起，並且強調「兩個都包含進來」。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bothname

  • 1

    A surname.

bothdet/boʊθ/

  • 1

    Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

    • Both (the/my) children are such dolls.
    • Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.

bothpron/boʊθ/

  • 1

    Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

    • Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
    • They were both here.

bothconj/boʊθ/

  • 1

    Including both of (used with and).

    • I (can) both sing and dance.
    • Both you and I are students.
  • 2

    obsoleteIncluding all of (used with and).

    • […] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]
    • Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。