nobody

用法

nobody, no one所接的述语动词通常为单数,但有时候,尤其是在非正式的文体, nobody的代名词却有用they [them, their, etc.]的:

Nobody thinks their own dog is a nuisance.

(没有人认为他们的狗是讨人厌的东西)

Nobody was killed, were they?

(没有人丧生,不是吗?)

词路径

• entity
• physical entity
• causal agent
• cause
• causal agency
• person
• individual
• someone
• somebody
• mortal
• soul
• commoner
• common man
• common person
• cipher
• cypher
• nobody
• nonentity

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