alongside
alongside — 介系詞
1. in a position right by the side of someone or something, often parallel to it.
在……旁邊
緊鄰某物或某人的側邊，常呈平行
in a position right by the side of someone or something, often parallel to it.
Eitan parked her bicycle alongside the wooden fence outside the bakery.
Eitan 把她的腳踏車停在麵包店外的木頭籬笆旁邊。
spatial: alongside + physical object
The fishing boat sailed slowly alongside the harbour wall.
那艘漁船沿著港口的牆邊慢慢駛過。
alongside + structure (parallel motion)
A small black dog trotted alongside the boy on his way home.
一隻黑色小狗在男孩回家的路上跟在他旁邊小跑。
The new hospital was built alongside the old church on Maple Street.
新醫院蓋在 Maple 街那座老教堂的旁邊。
- beside
more general; works with any object, including small items on a table
- next to
neutral and slightly more informal; the everyday spoken choice
- abreast of
formal; stresses being level with something while moving
- away from
describes distance rather than closeness
文法句型
alongside + noun phrase
用法筆記
The object must be a concrete noun that has a side, edge, or length — boats, walls, roads, rivers, vehicles, or a person walking. Avoid using this spatial sense with abstract nouns; for that, use sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. working or existing with another person or thing as a partner, or happening in a
一起；同時
與某人合作，或與某事同時並存
working or existing with another person or thing as a partner, or happening in addition to something else.
Dr. Saoirse worked alongside the village nurses for over twenty years.
Saoirse 醫師和村裡的護士一起工作了二十多年。
work alongside + people (partnership)
The new safety rules will be introduced alongside the staff training programme.
新的安全規定將與員工訓練課程同時推出。
alongside = in addition to / at the same time as
Xiomara studies music alongside her regular school subjects.
Xiomara 在學校的常規科目之外，還另外學習音樂。
Paloma played the guitar alongside her younger sister at the school concert.
Paloma 在學校音樂會上和她的妹妹一起彈吉他。
The charity now runs reading classes alongside its free meal service.
這個慈善機構在提供免費餐點的同時，也開設了閱讀課。
- together with
more neutral; common in both speech and writing
- in addition to
stresses the extra item rather than the partnership
- in collaboration with
formal; used for joint professional projects
- instead of
marks replacement, not co-occurrence
文法句型
work alongside + person
alongside + noun (in addition to)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is figurative and pairs with people, jobs, programmes, or services rather than physical locations. The pattern 'work alongside someone' is the most frequent collocation.
常見錯誤
alongside — 副詞
1. in a position close to and parallel with someone or something already mentioned,
在旁邊
靠近並與前文提到的事物平行
in a position close to and parallel with someone or something already mentioned, without naming it again.
The big ferry slowed down, and a small fishing boat pulled alongside.
大型渡輪減速了，一艘小漁船靠了上來停在旁邊。
verb + alongside (object understood)
Tariq walked toward the river, and his old dog ran alongside.
Tariq 朝河邊走去，他的老狗就在旁邊跟著跑。
movement verb + alongside
When the train stopped, two officers came alongside to check tickets.
火車停下時，兩名警察走到旁邊查驗車票。
The captain steered the yacht carefully and brought it alongside in the small harbour.
船長小心地操控遊艇，把它停靠在小港口的岸邊。
- beside
rarely used as a bare adverb in modern English; prefer 'alongside'
- side by side
stresses two equal things together; usually placed at the end of the clause
文法句型
verb + alongside (no object)
用法筆記
Used without an object; the thing it is parallel to has already been mentioned in the same sentence or earlier context. Especially common in nautical contexts: 'pull / come / bring alongside' all describe a boat moving next to a quay or another vessel.