
alongside 可用作介词。两个基本意思:在…旁边(next to);与……一起(together with)
你给出的句子中的alongside 是“与……一起(together with)” 的用法。Collins 词典给出一个更明确的注释是:If one thing exists or develops alongside another, the two things exist or develop together at the same time. (如果一件事与另一件事同时存在或发展,这两件事同时存在或发展。)
例句:
Her self-confidence will develop alongside her technique. (Collins)
她的自信心会随着她的技术而增强。
They found themselves working alongside like-minded young people with similarvalues. (Cambridge)
他们发现自己与志同道合、价值观相近的年轻人一起工作。
所以,alongside the critical issues of illness, loss and clinical emergency 是介词短语,在句中作状语。整个句子的意思是:
Alongside the critical issues of illness, loss and clinical emergency, questions around food and how we eat had become a recurring motif of the pandemic.
与疾病、损伤和临床紧急情况等关键问题一样,围绕食物和我们如何进食的问题已经成为疫情反复出现的主题。
