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]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • pron. 他們；它們；她們

词源解说

  • 直接源自古斯堪的那維亞語的their，意爲他們。

同根派生

     

用法辨析

    n. (名詞)

  • they是第三人稱的複數形式,無性別之分,代表已提到過的一些人或事,在句中多用作主語,通常放在它所指代的名詞之後,偶爾也可放在它所指代的詞之前。有時爲了避免顯露性別, they也可以代替he, she或it。they後可接whom等引導的定語從句。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • John and Susan phoned.They're coming round this evening.
    約翰和囌珊打來電話,他們今晚要來。

词组短语

    短語

  • Why they 所以然
  • They Say 他們說;語錄;人們說
  • They like 他們喜歡;他們像
  • They nothing 他們什麽都沒有;不然他們將一無所獲
  • They discussed 他們討論;他們討論了;他們在討論

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • 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.