今天我們要來聊聊 person和 people這兩個詞。
我們都曉得, person是單數(shù),指一個人。People是復(fù)數(shù),普通指一群人。
但是,有獵奇心的寶寶們應(yīng)該會發(fā)現(xiàn),在某些場所,person也會呈現(xiàn)復(fù)數(shù)方式:persons。
就比方在電梯中,不曉得大家有沒有看到過電梯墻壁上會寫著相似于Maximum 13 persons的標(biāo)識語。
那么問題來了, 同樣表示復(fù)數(shù),persons和people有什么區(qū)別呢?
什么時分用people?
People, as a plural noun, refers to two or more individuals.
People,作為復(fù)數(shù)名詞,指代兩個或兩個以上的人。
If Keri is a person and Chris is a person, then Keri and Chris are two people.
假如Keri是一個人,Chris是一個人,那么Keri和Chris是兩個人(people)。
People can be used in reference to any group of two or more individuals.
People能夠用來指代恣意一個兩人或以上的群體。
例句:
Because the weather was so bad, only 700 people attended the baseball game.
由于天氣太差,只要700人參與了這場棒球競賽。
什么時分用persons?
In the past, persons referred to a specific number of individuals, whereas people was used in a more general sense.
過去,persons指詳細(xì)數(shù)量的人,而people用來表達(dá)愈加籠統(tǒng)廣泛的意義。
You would not use persons in reference to groups of large or indeterminate size, such as a room full of students, the crowd at a football game, or the population of Sudan.
表達(dá)指代較大數(shù)量人群或不肯定數(shù)量的人群時,不能夠用persons。例如,充溢學(xué)生的屋子,足球競賽的觀賽人群,或者蘇丹的人口。
Today, the use of persons has narrowed to specific phrases, usually in a legal or law enforcement context.
如今,persons的用法變得愈加有限,只在個別短語中運(yùn)用,通常是法律法規(guī)的條文中。
If you have a small, specific number, like three bank robbers or two runaway children, you might choose to say persons of interest or missing persons instead, as the case may be.
假如你想表達(dá)的是一個較小的、詳細(xì)的數(shù)字,比方三個銀行劫匪或者兩個走丟的孩子,你能夠說persons of interest (嫌疑犯),或者missing persons(走丟人口)。
例如:
The police are searching for three persons of interest in connection with the armed robbery of a bank Tuesday night.
警方正在搜索與周四的銀行持械搶劫案有關(guān)的幾名嫌疑犯。
Outside of these situations, persons is not commonly used.
除開以上這幾種狀況外,persons普通很少用到。
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