man,people,person的用法區(qū)別
man指“男人”,與woman相對(duì)。指“人類”時(shí),沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式,也不加任何冠詞。這一點(diǎn)大家一定要注意。
people“人們”,是集體名詞,表泛指概念,前面不加冠詞,作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)以為“民族”。
person指?jìng)€(gè)別“人”,一般用于比較精確的場(chǎng)合。
請(qǐng)大家看下面的例句:
1、She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.
去年,她和一個(gè)叫麥克塔維什的男人私奔了。
2、The chick initially has no fear of man.
小雞天生并不怕人。
3、He is the man of all others for the job.
他是所有人之中最適于干這工作的人。
4、You can chat to other people who are online.
你可以和其他在線的人聊天。
5、It's a triumph for the American people.
這是美國(guó)人民的勝利。
6、Millions of people have lost their homes.
數(shù)百萬(wàn)人失去了家園。
7、At least one person died and several others were injured.
至少一人死亡,還有幾個(gè)人受傷。
8、A friend of mine is a very anxious person.
我的一個(gè)朋友是個(gè)非常容易焦慮不安的人。
9、Mary was the first person to think of the idea.
瑪麗是第一個(gè)想到這個(gè)主意的人