people

英 ['piːpl] 美 ['piːpl]

• n. 人；人民；人们
• v. 使住人；居住于

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [P]人,人们; 一般的人

   persons, human beings; persons in general, persons other than to talk

2. [P]人民,平民,老百姓

   all the ordinary members of a state; all those persons in a society who do not have special rank or position

3. [C]种族,民族

   race, nation

4. [P]家人,亲属

   one's close relatives, especially parents

v. (动词)

1. vt. 居住于

   live in (a place)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 人，人们，人民
2. 民族，种族
3. 亲属，家人，家属，亲戚
4. 国民，平民，臣民，老百姓，居民
5. 家族
6. 祖先
7. 教区教徒
8. 随从
9. 雇员

v. 动词

1. <贬>使充斥，布满，遍布，充满
2. 使人住在，居住于，使人到...去住
3. 使住满人，把…挤满人
4. 在...殖民
5. 把（动物）放养在
6. 栖息在
7. 占据
8. 向...移民
9. 住满居民
10. 构成……的人口

英英释义

Noun:

1. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;

   "old people"
   "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
   

2. the body of citizens of a state or country;

   "the Spanish people"
   

3. members of a family line;

   "his people have been farmers for generations"
   "are your people still alive?"
   

4. the common people generally;

   "separate the warriors from the mass"
   "power to the people"
   

Verb:

1. fill with people;

   "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
   

2. furnish with people;

   "The plains are sparsely populated"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Were there many people at the meeting?
   集会有很多人吗？
2. People become uninhibited when they drink.
   人一喝酒就会变得肆无忌惮。
3. I think it my duty to serve the people.
   我认为为人民服务是我的责任。
4. He expresses sympathy for the working people.
   他表现了对劳动人民的同情。
5. People do not know the value of health till they lose it.
   直到失去健康，人们才知道健康的可贵。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Hunters peopled these forests long ago.
   猎人们很久以前就住在这片森林里。
2. The Indians once peopled this land.
   印第安人曾经在这片土地上生活。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The doorman allowed the people in one by one.
   看门的让人们一个一个进去。
2. Can you provide accommodation for thirty people?
   你能为30个人提供住宿吗?
3. He couldn't afford to offend such people in those days.
   那时候他惹不起这种人。
4. Lu Hsun had influenced more than one generation of the Chinese people.
   鲁迅影响了不止一代的中国人。
5. If prices continue to advance, poor people will find it harder to live.
   如果物价继续上涨,穷人的日子就更不好过了。
6. Some people don't accept modern music because they don't understand it.
   一些人不认同现代音乐,因为他们听不懂。
7. Most people think so.
   大多数人这样想。
8. The streets were crowded with people.
   街道上熙熙攘攘全是人。
9. Were there many people at the meeting?
   参加会议的人多吗?
10. The theory was not accepted as truth by the broad masses of people.
    这一理论并未被广大人民群众当成真理。
11. Anarchy does not conform to the interests or wishes of the people.
    无政府状态不符合人民的利益和愿望。
12. The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
    人民,只有人民,才是创造世界历史的动力。
13. Thirty years in a man's life is a lot—but only an instant to a people with several thousand years of history.
    对个人来说,三十年是一段很长的时间,但对一个具有几千年历史的民族,这只不过是一刹那。
14. All the peoples in China love peace.
    中国各族人民都热爱和平。
15. My people have lived here for generations.
    我家住在这里已好几代了。
16. My husband's people are staying with us now.
    我丈夫家里的人现在在我们这儿。
17. He used to spend his holidays with his people.
    他过去经常和他的家人一起去度假。
18. The library people gave me a lot of help.
    图书馆的人给了我许多帮助。
19. Our village people all liked him.
    我们村的村民都喜欢他。
20. The people of Lancashire speak in a way that will surprise you.
    兰开夏郡人说话的口音会叫你吃惊。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. His race has peopled this island through all recorded history.
   自有史料记载以来,他的族人都居于此岛。

经典引文

• Peoples in the World whom he likedshe had a particular love of the Poles.

  出自： G. Brown

• The Kamchatkans, a people of eastern Siberia.

  出自： J. Barnes

• Robins..has peopled the garden with..nymphs and satyrs.

  出自：Landscape

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

of all people

奇怪,竟然是… surprisingly, out of all those who might be expected to be present, to take action, etc.

用作动词 (v.)

people with (v.+prep.)

使…充满 be full of
people sth with sb/sth
The meadow is peopled with wild flowers.

草地长满了野花。
A winter sky was peopled with stars.

冬天的夜空布满了星星。
This office is peopled with petty-minded bureaucrats.

这个办事处到处是心胸狭窄的官僚。
He believes the world is peopled with idiots.

他认为世上多白痴。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bring the peoples of the world together 使世界人民团结起来
• draw the peoples of the world together 使世界人民紧密团结
• frighten the people 威胁人民
• help the people 帮助人民
• lead the people 领导人民
• liberate the people 解放人民
• line the people together 把人民联结到一起
• lose people 减少人员
• love the people 热爱人民
• respect the people 尊重人民
• serve the people 为人民服务

形容词+～

• ancient people 古代人
• average people 普通人,老百姓
• brave people 勇敢的人民〔民族〕
• chosen people 选民
• civilized people 文明的人民〔民族〕
• common people 普通人,老百姓
• cruel people 残酷的人
• distinguished people 杰出人士
• enterprising people 有进取心的人
• friendly people 友好的人民〔民族〕
• front-page people 头版新闻人物
• frugal people 节俭的民族
• great people 伟大的民族〔人民〕
• industrious people 勤劳的民族
• intelligent people 聪明人
• learned people 学者
• little people 平民百姓
• miserable people 悲惨的人
• modest people 谦逊的人
• most people 大多数人
• old people 老人
• ordinary people 平民百姓
• peace-loving people 爱好和平的民族
• plain people 普通人,老百姓
• poor people 贫苦的人
• religious people 信仰宗教的人们
• rich people 富裕的人
• salaried people 工薪阶层
• sensible people 明智人士
• sharp-witted people 思维敏锐的人
• slow-witted people 思维迟钝的人
• the British peoples 英国各民族
• upper-class people 社会上流人士
• well-educated people 受过良好教育的人
• young people 年轻人

名词+～

• boat people 船民(乘船偷渡去外国的难民)
• city people 城市居民
• country people 乡下人
• customhouse people 海关人员
• labouring people 劳动人民

～+名词

• the National P-'s Congress 全国人民代表大会
• the P-'s Court 人民法院
• the P-'s Liberation Army 人民解放军
• the P-'s Republic of China 中华人民共和国

介词+～

• among the people 在人民中间
• as a people 作为一个民族
• between peoples 民族之间
• for the people 为了民众
• all sorts of people 各种各样的人
• voice of people 民族的呼声

～+介词

• people in general 人们,任何人
• people of all walks of life 各界人士,三教九流
• people of the earth 世界人民
• people of the world 世界人民

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• people the earth 住在地球上
• people this island 在岛上居住

～+副词

• people largely 大规模地定居

～+介词

• people by 居住着
• people with 使…充满

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. people的基本意思是“人,人们”,是集体名词,没有复数形式,在句中作主语时,谓语动词用复数。泛指“人们”时其前不加定冠词the。
2. people与定冠词the连用时,其含义为“人民(群众)”,指一个国家的或全世界的人民或者与统治阶级相对的“人民”,没有复数形式。
3. people还可作“民族,种族”“被共同文化联合在一起的集体”解,是可数名词,“一个民族”是a/one people,多个民族时用其复数形式peoples。其前有a, one或every等词修饰时,谓语动词多用单数形式。用it或itself指代, people在句中作主语时,谓语动词用单数或复数均可,但以用复数者居多。
4. 在口语中,people常指“家人,亲属”或“特别的场所、团体和职业的人们”,在句中作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。

v. (动词)

1. people用作动词时意思是“使住着人,使有居民”。
2. people还可表示“使…充满”,常与with连用,多用于文学语言中,且常用于被动结构。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

people, masses, mob, populace, rabble

• 这五个词均可指“某国或某一地区的居民”。其区别是：
• people的意思是“人”“人们”“人民”,是最普通的词,经常是中性含义,用于大批人或不精确说明人数的场合,有时也可指少数人或精确说明人数的场合; populace的意思是“居民”“平民”,几乎唯一地指某地区的居民; masses用于指“普通群众”; mob的意思是“一群人”“乱民”; rabble的意思是“下层民众”“暴民”。例如:
• The Chinese people are an industrious people.中国人民是勤劳的民族。
• Nearly the entire populace turned out to listen to his speech.几乎所有的人都出来听他演说。
• The masses have boundless creative power.人民群众有无限的创造力。
• Streets were crowded with mobs of workers going home after work.街上挤满了一群群下班回家的工人。
• The explanations of tax reforms were good enough for the rabble.对税制改革的解释对这些下层民众来说是够好的了。

people, nation, race, state, tribe

• 这组词都可表示“民族”。其区别在于：
• 1.race作“种族”解时,侧重人种学含义,往往包括几个民族和国家,这些民族的人民有某一相同的的自然特点(如肤色)。
• 2.nation指有共同的历史,使用同一种语言,居住在同一个大的地区,侧重于人民。例如:
• The story is about the Indian nations in the western United States.这个故事是关于美国西部印第安民族的。
• 3.tribe指有共同的语言与风俗习惯,尤其是以古老生活方式生活的“部落”。例如:
• Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.学校将有助于使那儿的野蛮部落文明化。
• 4.state指国家或者邦〔州〕,侧重政权。例如:
• In our country, the people are protected by the state.在我国,人民受国家的保护。
• That country is now an independent state.那个国家现在是个独立的国家。
• They believed that the state was “above class distinctions”.他们认为国家是“超乎阶级区分之上”的。
• 5.people指有共同文化、共同利益或理想的一群人,强调文化和社会的统一,而不是国家和民族的统一。例如:
• They will discuss giving further help to the oppressed peoples.他们将讨论给予被压迫民族更多援助。

people, person

• 这两个词都可表示“人”,在正式用语中persons常用来代替people。其区别是：
• people指的是广义上的,指世间的人,大数目或数目不确定的人; person往往指的是狭义上的,指个别的人,小数目或数目确定的人。试比较:
• Who are those people standing over there?
• 那边站着的是些什么人?
• Who are those persons standing over there?
• 那边站着的是哪几个人?

people, public

• 这两个词前加定冠词the都可统指“人民”“公众”。但the people多少含有一些政治色彩。

下面两个短语意思不同:

• the people of Europe 欧洲人民
• the peoples of Europe 欧洲各民族

nation，people，race

• 这些名词均含“民族、种族”之意。
• nation特指居住于同一区域，有共同历史、语言、文化及心理素质等的人类群体。
• people侧重指有共同文化、社会基础的人民整体。
• race专指有共同祖先和相同肤色、面部特征等遗传特征以及共同风俗等的人群。

people，masses，crowd，throng，mob

• 这些名词均有“人们、人群”之意。
• people最普通用词，不带任何色彩，泛指不确定数量的人们。
• masses指群众或平民，在西方国家含贬义，在我国含褒义。
• crowd本义指一大群紧紧聚集在一起的人，现指群众整体，由个体结合的人群或大众。
• throng与crowd含义很接近，常可换用，但侧重指向前运动的群众。
• mob含贬义，指乌合之众、暴民。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 她是个好人。

   误 She is a nice people.

   正 She is a nice person.

   析 people作“人”解时,是集合名词,不用于单数意义。

2. 人们说米要涨价。

   误 The people say that the rice price will rise.

   正 People say that the rice price will rise.

   析 people泛指“人”时,不加定冠词。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的peupel，意为人们；最初源自拉丁语的populus，意为民族。

近反义词

【近义词】

• herd
• human
• masses
• persons
• clan
• nation
• race
• tribe
• colonize
• inhabit
• occupy
• populate
• settle