people
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 ['pi?p(?)l]
- 美式音標 [?pi?.p?l]
- 國際音標 ['pi:pl]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 人；人類；民族；公民
- vt. 居住于；使住滿人
詞源解說
- 13世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的peupel，意為人們；最初源自拉丁語的populus，意為民族。
用法辨析
- people的基本意思是“人,人們”,是集體名詞,沒有復數(shù)形式,在句中作主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)。泛指“人們”時其前不加定冠詞the。
- people與定冠詞the連用時,其含義為“人民(群眾)”,指一個國家的或全世界的人民或者與統(tǒng)治階級相對的“人民”,沒有復數(shù)形式。
- people還可作“民族,種族”“被共同文化聯(lián)合在一起的集體”解,是可數(shù)名詞,“一個民族”是a/one people,多個民族時用其復數(shù)形式peoples。其前有a, one或every等詞修飾時,謂語動詞多用單數(shù)形式。用it或itself指代, people在句中作主語時,謂語動詞用單數(shù)或復數(shù)均可,但以用復數(shù)者居多。
- 在口語中,people常指“家人,親屬”或“特別的場所、團體和職業(yè)的人們”,在句中作主語時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)形式。
- people用作動詞時意思是“使住著人,使有居民”。
- people還可表示“使…充滿”,常與with連用,多用于文學語言中,且常用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。
n. (名詞)
v. (動詞)
英漢例句
- The doorman allowed the people in one by one.
看門的讓人們一個一個進去。 - His race has peopled this island through all recorded history.
自有史料記載以來,他的族人都居于此島。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- bring the peoples of the world together 使世界人民團結(jié)起來
- draw the peoples of the world together 使世界人民緊密團結(jié)
- frighten the people 威脅人民
- help the people 幫助人民
- lead the people 領導人民
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
英英字典
- men, women, and children
- all the men, women, and children who live in a particular country, or who have the same culture or language
- People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of , instead of "persons."
- The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the military.
- A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
- If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 民族
So, Americans are the fated people elected by God to spread those ideas.
正是這種理性化的“上帝選民”意識使得美國民族主義與眾不同。 - 人民
- 教區(qū)內(nèi)的教徒
- 人物
- 人物
- 人們