shared

/ʃeəd/ (bre, ipa) · /ʃerd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsherd/ (ame, mw)

shared — adjective

  • sharedpositive
  • sharedercomparative
  • sharedestsuperlative

1. used, owned, or experienced together by two or more people rather than by one pe

1.形容詞A2
釋義

used, owned, or experienced together by two or more people rather than by one person alone

例句

Amara and her sister have a shared bank account for their household bills.

shared + bank account (co-owned thing)

The two families bought a shared summer cottage near the coast.

同義詞
  • joint

    more formal, often used for legal or financial arrangements (joint account, joint venture)

  • common

    broader — can mean 'widespread' or 'typical', not just 'shared between a specific group'

  • collective

    more formal, suggests the group acts as a whole (collective effort, collective decision)

反義詞
  • private

    belonging to or used by one person only

  • individual

    done or experienced alone rather than with others

用法筆記

Commonly pairs with nouns for things that can be divided or experienced in common: responsibility, goal, interest, experience, understanding, space, resources.

常見錯誤

❌We have a sharing kitchen.
✅We have a shared kitchen.
💡'sharing' is a verb form, not an adjective; use 'shared' to describe something jointly used.
❌They have same culture.
✅They have a shared culture.
💡'same' alone can sound incomplete; 'shared' emphasises community.