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people/ˈpiːpl//ˈpiːpl/ ★★★★★n. - peoples
- peopling
- peopled
- peopled
n- ①[集合用法;当复数用;通常附有修饰语]人们
- Thousands of people were killed in the earthquake.数以千计的人死于那次地震。
- Very few people attended the meeting.很少人参加该会。
- Many people volunteered to help.很多人自告奋勇去帮忙。
- Twenty people were arrested by the police.二十个人被警察选捕。
- ②[集合用法;当复数用;以无冠词单独使用]世人,人家
- What will people say?世人会怎么说?
- ③[集合用法;当复数用,通常附有修饰语或the](一个地方的)居民;(某一阶层、团体、职业、民族等的)人
- the village people村民
- town people镇民
- educated people受过教育的人
- newspaper people报人,新闻人员
- the Jewish people犹太人
- the people here此地的人
- the best people上流社会的人士
- ④[集合用法;当复数用]1[the people](一国的)国民;选民2庶民,老百姓,下层阶级3[one's people](与君主相对的)臣民;属下;(与牧师相对的)教区居民4[one's people]【口】家人,亲戚;祖先(等)
- government of the people, by the people, for the people民有、民治、民享的政府(Lincoln的Gettysburg演说中的文句,简洁地表达了民主的真谛)
- The Prime Minister no longer has the support of the people.总理不再得到选民的支持。
- the king and his people国王及其臣民
- He's very strict with his people.他对部下很严。
- my people at home我的家人
- ⑤ (当文化上、社会上之一集团的)民族,种族
- The Spartans were a warlike people.斯巴达人是一个好战的民族。
- the English-speaking peoples英语民族
- the beliefs of various peoples各种民族的信仰
- the peoples of Africa非洲各民族
- ⑥[集合用法;当复数用](与动物区别的)人,人类
- Teachers, too, are people.教师也是人。
- ⑦[People;集合用法;当复数用]【美】【法律】(代表州民的)检方
- People of California vs. John Brown(加州检察署对)约翰布朗案件
- People's exhibit A检方第一号证物
vt- ② 居住于(★通常以过去分词当形容词用)
- The city is now peopled by 300,000 French.该市现在由三十万法国人居住。
- a thickly [sparsely] peopled island人口稠密[稀少]的海岛
用法people用于大群人或数目不定的人, persons则用于少数或特定数目的人: A lot of people went to the square. (很多人前往广场。) There were fifty persons present. (有五十人出席。) 不过,在今天 【口】 没有这种区别,两者皆可用,尤其是不管在什么场合,都有用people的倾向: Five persons [people] were present. (有五人出席。) 字辨nation: 强调在一个政府之下统一的政治单一体 people: 指拥有共同的文化、理想、利害关系的文化或社会的团体 race: 指拥有共同的祖先与共同的身体特征的生物学上的单一团体 同义词- mankindn.人
- populationn.人民
- publicn.人们
- community
- inhabit
- occupy
- populate
- society
- citizenry
- hoi polloi
- mass
- masses
- multitude
- the great unwashed
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