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People Peopled N D Women I Small N Plural

英语单词 people
英美音标 英 ['piːpl] 美 ['piːpl]
中文释义 n.人;人民;人们
v.使住人;居住于
英语例句 (1) Were there many people at the meeting?
(2) People become uninhibited when they drink.
(3) I think it my duty to serve the people.
(4) He expresses sympathy for the working people.
(5) People do not know the value of health till they lose it.
(6) Hunters peopled these forests long ago.
(7) The Indians once peopled this land.
中文例句 (1) 集会有很多人吗?
(2) 人一喝酒就会变得肆无忌惮。
(3) 我认为为人民服务是我的责任。
(4) 他表现了对劳动人民的同情。
(5) 直到失去健康,人们才知道健康的可贵。
(6) 猎人们很久以前就住在这片森林里。
(7) 印第安人曾经在这片土地上生活。
vocabulary简明 Human beings are people. Individuals, folks, humankind — we're all people.
vocabulary扩展 The word people is usually a noun, as in: two or more humans. It can also mean "all the citizens," as in a political leader who understands the needs of the people. People can also be a verb meaning "to inhabit or fill with people," as in: we need to people the empty seats so that tonight's speaker isn't disappointed with a small audience.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]人,人们(通常用作person的复数) People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'.
  • Millions of people have lost their homes.

    数百万人流离失所。

  • ...the people of Angola.

    安哥拉人

  • ...homeless young people...

    无家可归的年轻人

  • I don't think people should make promises they don't mean to keep...

    我认为人们不应作出自己无意信守的承诺。

  • It is illegal and could endanger other people's lives.

    这是非法的,可能会危及他人的生命。

2
[N-PLURAL 复数名词](与政府或上流社会相对的)人民,民众,大众 The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
  [the N]
  • ...the will of the people.

    人民的意愿

  • ...a tremendous rift between the people and their leadership.

    民众和领导层之间的巨大裂痕

3
[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词]一国人民;民族;种族 A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
  • ...the native peoples of Central and South America...

    中南美洲的土著民族

  • It's a triumph for the American people.

    这是美国人民的胜利。

4
[VERB 动词]居住在;定居于 If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
  [be V-ed by/with n]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.

    那里住着一个与世隔绝的种族,人们都是爱好和平的佛教徒。

  • ...a small town peopled by lay workers and families.

    普通工人和家庭居住的小镇

5
[VERB 动词](某种类型的人)出现,存在,充斥于(故事或历史时期) If something such as a story or a time in history is peopled with people of a particular kind, those people occur or exist in it.
  [be V-ed with/by n]
  [V n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters...

    格拉斯的小说里都是些稀奇古怪的人物。

  • British history of the 19th century is peopled by energetic reformers...

    19世纪英国史上积极改革者层出不穷。

  • Other people had the gift of peopling their lives with friends and colleagues.

    其他人善于在生活中结识许多朋友和同事。

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