There is a tendency to use amidst more distributively than amid, e.g. of things scattered about, or a thing moving, in the midst of others.
"주변에 흩어진 물건이나 다른 것들 가운데서 움직이는 물건 등에 대해서는 "amid,"보다 "amidst"가 더 분배적으로 사용되는 경향이 있습니다.
■ distributively
adverb
separately, not as a group:
Were the items placed in the box distributively (one at a time), or collectively (all at once)?
Members of Parliament may act distributively for individual members of the public or collectively for the general public.
반의어
collectively
LANGUAGE specialized
(of an adjective) in a way that shows that the members of a group should be treated separately, rather than as a group:
Respondents tended to interpret sentences containing "each" distributively, and sentences containing "all" collectively.
"These" and "those" are being used distributively in this sentence.
반의어
collectively
in a way that relates to the way in which something is shared between members of a group:
Stealing from the rich to give to the poor may be considered wrong according to the law but distributively fair.
Is a performance-related pay scheme distributively just?
예문
"The whole world" is used in a restricted way here and does not mean "all people distributively".
The context does not always make it clear whether a term is being used collectively or distributively.
What pay methods are employees likely to see as being distributively fair?