- 1. 用作复
人 -
• There are many people at the meeting. 有许多人参加会议。 - 2. 用作复
人们 -
• What will people think of this? 人们将如何看待这件事情? - 3. 用作复
人民;平民;老百姓 -
• the urban people 城里人 -
• win the support of the people 赢得人民的支持 -
• the government of the people, by the people, for the people 民有、民治、民享的政府 - 4. C
民族,种族 -
• Ireland was inhabited by two peoples. 以前在爱尔兰居住着两个民族。 - 5. 用作复
家族 - 6. 用作复
旧 亲属,父母 -
• He'll take that girl home to meet his people one day. 有一天他会带这个女孩回家见他的父母的。
用法说明
people
1. people, person
在英国英语中,person的常用复数形式为people;然而一些美国作家在这方面比较保守,在指一定数量的人时,尤其指较少数量的人时,喜欢用persons, 例如:
Seven persons were injured in the accident.有7个人在事故中受了伤。
在英国英语中,person这个词很正式,只用于与法律有关的情形中,或其它正式文体,例如:
He was murdered by a person or persons unknown.他被不知姓名的人杀害了。
2. a people
a people作“民族”解为可数,其复数为peoples,与作集合名词、意为“人们”的 people不同。试比较:
The Chinese are a hard-working people.中华民族是一个勤劳的民族。
People from all over the world witnessed this grand ceremony来自世界各地的人们见证了这一盛典。