平常,我们大家都知道,单数用person,复数用people。 但其实在有些试卷里是用的'three persons'! Three people 还是three persons?大部分英语场景,使用three people完全ok。但在书面或者官方场合中,无疑persons的表达才更加妥当。可以简单理解为,persons更加强调个人。People更加注重集体。Kate is one of the most beautiful people in our class。According to reports,the three persons who have guns will be prosecuted 。当然,关于person和people还有很多趣味的表达。2 . Be no respecter of persons Respect,表示尊重。Be no respecter of persons,翻译为“对人没有尊重”?Death is no respecter of persons.The law is no respecter of persons,but the law is a respecter of reality.a man of the people 可不表示“人群中的一个”。它表示“人民公仆”,意思是代表老百姓的人。能够关心百姓疾苦,和老百姓打成一片的那些人。Despite his fabulous wealth, he is very much a man of the people.Many thought the governor was a man of the people.
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