them

英 [ðəm] 美 [ðəm]

• pron. 他们；她们；它们；性别不详的人（代替him或her）

双解释义

pron. (代词)

1. 他〔她,它〕们

   they

详尽释义

pron. 代词

1. 她们
2. 它们
3. 他们
4. they的受格
5. 指性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her

det. 限定词

1. 他们
2. 她们
3. 它们

例句

用作代词 (pron.)

1. Let's go visit them.
   让我们去拜访他们吧。
2. A feeling of resentment urged him to abandon them.
   一种怨恨的心情促使他离开了她们。
3. Don't bend the wires down, it'll break them.
   不要弯折那些线，会弄坏它们的。
4. If anyone arrives early, ask them to wait.
   如果有人早到，就让他们等会儿。
5. If a customer came in before I get back, ask them to wait.
   我回来之前若有顾客来，就请他等一会儿。

常见句型

用作代词 (pron.)

1. He is speaking to them.
   他在对他们讲话。
2. It is a secret between them and me.
   这是我和他们之间的秘密。
3. I gave it to them.
   我把这个给了他们。
4. The winners,Bob and she, treated the losers, them and us.
   优胜者——鲍勃和她款待失败者——他们和我们。
5. It is them.
   是他们。
6. I came earlier than them.
   我来得比他们早。
7. Them go to the United States!
   他们怎会去美国!
8. If anybody phones, tell them I'm busy.
   要是有人打电话来,告诉他我很忙。

经典引文

• They had always sounded plausible when he described them.

  出自： G. Greene

• She was invited with Paul to their houses but never got to know them well.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• Why should he give them what they wanted?

  出自： E. Baker

• There was a photograph of the three of them.

  出自： W. S. Maugham

• People were uneasy when she spoke to them.

  出自： D. Barnes

词汇搭配

• what-d'you-call-them 叫不出他们名字的人...
• every one of them 毫无例外
• knock them in the aisles 大受观众欢迎...
• love them and leave them 始乱终弃
• There's no love lost between them 他们彼此之间毫无感情...
• deal them off the arm 端饭端菜,侍候别人吃...
• not a pin to choose between them 完全一样
• have them rolling in the aisle 使捧腹大笑
• There goes but a pair of shears between them. 他们俩真是无独有偶。...
• as … as they make them 极端…
• rock them in the aisles 演得很成功
• lay them in the aisles 演得很成功
• roll them in the aisles 演得很成功

词语用法

pron. (代词)

1. them为复数第三人称的宾格形式,在句中可单独用作宾语,也可用作并列宾语,有时也可用作宾语的同位语,在非正式文体中也可用作表语或用于than, as之后。在感叹句中them还可用作主语,起强调作用。them有时也可代替him或her。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古斯堪的那维亚语的theim，意为他们。