back and forth
back and forth
片語
片語摘要
常見口語副詞片語,表示「來回、反覆」的移動或交流
可搭配 move/go/run/pace/message 等動詞,常與 between A and B 並用
形容詞/名詞用法採連字號:back-and-forth(如 back-and-forth discussion)
易混淆錯誤:寫成 back and forward 或 between A to B
形式與用法
back and forth
副詞片語,表示在兩處或兩端之間「來回、反覆」移動或溝通。可用於實體移動(人、車、物件)與抽象往返(訊息、意見)。常與 between A and B 並用;搭配動詞如 go/move/run/pace/shuttle/message/send。
範例:
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The shuttle runs back and forth between the dorm and the station.
接駁車在宿舍和車站之間來回行駛。
其他形式:
back-and-forth
作形容詞或名詞時需加連字號。形容詞:放在名詞前(a back-and-forth discussion)。名詞:可數(have a long back-and-forth / back-and-forths)。
範例:
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We had a long back-and-forth about the club rules.
我們針對社團規則有一番長時間的來回討論。
to and fro
同義變體,較文學或英式語氣;現代口語多用 back and forth。
範例:
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The leaves were blown to and fro by the wind.
樹葉被風吹得來來回回。
常見錯誤
Buses go back and forward between Taipei and Taoyuan.
Buses go back and forth between Taipei and Taoyuan.
固定搭配為 back and forth,而非 back and forward 或 forth and back。
We had a back and forth discussion.
We had a back-and-forth discussion.
作形容詞或名詞時需要加連字號,寫成 back-and-forth 才正確。
The train runs back and forth between Taipei to Taichung.
The train runs back and forth between Taipei and Taichung.
between 後面要接 A and B,不能用 between A to B。
同義詞與反義詞
同義
to and fro
(來來回回地)
較文學、英式語氣;日常口語更常用 back and forth。
同義
backward and forward
(前後來回地)
語氣較正式或較少用,意思與 back and forth 接近。
同義
shuttle between
(在兩地穿梭於…與…之間)
動詞片語,強調往返移動的動作,本身需帶受詞(between A and B)。
反義
one-way
(單向地;單程的)
強調單向或單程,與 back and forth 的來回概念相反。
反義
straight through
(一路直達地)
表示不中途折返或停留,與來回往返相對。
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