they

英 [ðeɪ] 美 [ðeɪ]

• pron. 他们

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. 他〔她,它〕们

   those people, animals, or things

2. 人们,大家

   people in general

3. 政府,当局

   the government, local council or other unknown people who control one's life

详尽释义

pron. 代词

1. 人们
2. 他们
3. 她们
4. 它们
5. 众人
6. 人人
7. 用以代替 he 或 she，指性别不详的人
8. 权威人士
9. 上面
10. 专家
11. 人家
12. 大伙儿
13. 政府
14. 当局
15. 一般人

例句

用作代词 (pron.)

1. Women used to think they were on the shelf at 30.
   过去女人一到30岁就认为是过了结婚年龄。
2. They are going to move to a new house next week.
   下星期他们将迁入新居。
3. I have a dog and a cat, but they fight all the time.
   我养了一只猫和一只狗，但它们老是打架。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. John and Susan phoned.They're coming round this evening.
   约翰和苏珊打来电话,他们今晚要来。
2. They tremble—the sustaining crags.
   它们颤动了,这些支撑着的岩石。
3. If anyone objects, they can go.
   如果有谁不赞成的话,他可以离开。
4. They whom the gods love dies young.
   神想让谁早死,他们必将早死。
5. They're putting up oil prices again soon.
   当局即将再次提高油价。

经典引文

• Eyes protruding as if they saw something to gobble in the gutter.

  出自： V. Woolf

• She liked Paul's friends though they alarmed her.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• Once they have grown to a reasonable size cut the plants at ground level.

  出自：Health Now

词汇搭配

• count one's chickens before they are hatched 过早乐观
• as good as they come 极好
• as strong as they come 极好
• as tough as they come 极好
• they've =they have
• they'll 他们将要(=they...
• they'd (=they had...
• they're 他们是,=they ...
• as they come 按照原来的样子...
• be as clever as they make'em 很精明
• take things as they are 随遇而安,对一切事情...
• let the chips fall where they may 不管后果
• as … as they make them 极端…
• Take things as they come 随遇而安
• as … as they make 'em 极端…
• such as they are 质量不过如此; 价值...
• they would not want gilding. 药丸如不苦,何必加糖...
• They say. 听说
• They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer. 夏不劳动冬挨饿。...

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. they是第三人称的复数形式,无性别之分,代表已提到过的一些人或事,在句中多用作主语,通常放在它所指代的名词之后,偶尔也可放在它所指代的词之前。有时为了避免显露性别, they也可以代替he, she或it。they后可接whom等引导的定语从句。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古斯堪的那维亚语的their，意为他们。