share and share alike

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. For members of a group, equal portions of or equal access to tangible or intangible goods, entitlements, or obligations—i.e., each person's share like each of the other shares. Often used in a context of reciprocity, or pooling resources. idiomatic,uncountable
    — [E]xquisite beauty is rarely given with wit, more rarely with goodness of temper, and never at all with modesty. And some, pretending to justify the equity of such a distribution, will tell us it is the effect of the justice of Providence in dividing particular excellences among all His creatures, "Share and share alike, as it were," that all might for something or other be acceptable to one another.
  2. Equal rights to or equal portions of profits, assets, bequests, or other valuable items legally owed to investors, partners, beneficiaries, or other named associates. If one beneficiary is unable to benefit (for instance, if they have died), their share is divided among the others. uncountable
    — "And your father and mine have purchased all this land in company, you say—share and share alike, as the lawyers call it."
动词 v.
  1. To divide possessions, benefits, or obligations equally among members of a group. idiomatic,intransitive
    — "Our money will soon be gone at that rate," said Jack soberly. "Mine is already gone." "No, it isn't, Jack. We are going to share and share alike, you know."

词形变化

shares and shares alike present,singular,third-person sharing and sharing alike participle,present shared and shared alike participle,past shared and shared alike past
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