橘子朗文词典

they

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ðeɪ]
  • 美式音标 [ðeɪ]
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基本解释

  • pron. 他们；它们；她们

词源解说

  • 直接源自古斯堪的那维亚语的their，意为他们。

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用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • 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。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • 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。

词组短语

    短语

  • Why they 所以然
  • They Say 他们说;语录;人们说
  • They like 他们喜欢;他们像
  • They nothing 他们什么都没有;不然他们将一无所获
  • They discussed 他们讨论;他们讨论了;他们在讨论

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • used as the subject of a verb to refer to people, animals, or things already mentioned or, more generally, to a group of people not clearly described

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You use they to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
  • You use they instead of "he or she" to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. (he)(she)
  • You use they in expressions such as "they say" or "they call it" to refer to people in general when you are making general statements about what people say, think, or do.