people

英 ['piːp(ə)l] 美 ['pipl]

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解释

n. 人；人类；民族；公民
vt. 居住于；使住满人

※ 提供单词"people"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

people 人，民众

来自拉丁语populus,人民，民众，词源同population,popular.

英文词源

people: people: [13] People is one of a large family of English words (including also popular and public) descended from Latin populus ‘people’. Its spelling and pronunciation are due to its route of entry into English, via Anglo-Norman poeple, people and Old French pueple, pople rather than direct from Latin.
=> popular, population, public
people (n.): late 13c., "humans, persons in general," from Anglo-French people, Old French peupel "people, population, crowd; mankind, humanity," from Latin populus "a people, nation; body of citizens; a multitude, crowd, throng," of unknown origin, possibly from Etruscan. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish pueblo, Italian popolo. In English, it displaced native folk.

Meaning "body of persons comprising a community" first recorded late 13c. in Anglo-French; meaning "common people, masses" (as distinguished from the nobility) first recorded c. 1300 in Anglo-French. Meaning "one's own tribe, group, etc." is from late 14c. The word was adopted after c. 1920 by Communist totalitarian states to give a spurious sense of populism to their governments. Legal phrase The People vs., in U.S. cases of prosecution under certain laws, dates from 1801. People of the Book "those whose religion entails adherence to a book of divine revelation (1834) translates Arabic Ahl al-Kitab.
people (v.): late 15c. (intransitive), c. 1500 (transitive), from people (n.), or else from Middle French peupler, from Old French peuple. Related: Peopled; peopling.

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例句和用法

1. You can chat to other people who are online.: 你可以和其他在线的人聊天。

2. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.: 总的来说，当今的老年人依然相对贫困。

3. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer.: 她有一段时间曾帮助垂危的癌症患者。

4. The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film.: 批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。

5. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.: 我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。