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I Person Wait Pron Plural 复数型代词 Refer   [V Pron

英语单词 them
英美音标 英 [ðəm] 美 [ðəm]
中文释义 pron.他们;她们;它们;性别不详的人(代替him或her)
英语例句 (1) A feeling of resentment urged him to abandon them.
(2) Don't bend the wires down, it'll break them.
(3) If anyone arrives early, ask them to wait.
(4) If a customer came in before I get back, ask them to wait.
中文例句 (1) 一种怨恨的心情促使他离开了她们。
(2) 不要弯折那些线,会弄坏它们的。
(3) 如果有人早到,就让他们等会儿。
(4) 我回来之前若有顾客来,就请他等一会儿。
柯林斯解释
Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition. them 是第三人称复数代词,用作动词或介词的宾语。
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[PRON-PLURAL 复数型代词]他们;她们;它们 You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
  [v PRON]
  • The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them...

    甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。

  • Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong...

    如今的孩子没人告诉他们什么是对什么是错。

  • She let the dogs into the house and fed them...

    她把狗放进屋,给它们喂食。

  • His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.

    我能看出他的深色袜子上有道条纹。

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[PRON-PLURAL 复数型代词](代替 him or her,而不指明是男是女;有人认为这种用法不对) You use them instead of 'him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
  [v PRON]
  • It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.

    面对自己的孩子,告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。

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[DET 限定词]那些(不规范口语中代替those) In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of 'those'.
  • 'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.

    “咱家比利不吃那些东西,”海伦说。

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