The usual word for ‘more than one person’ is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language. 表示不止一个人时通常用 people,persons 作为复数形式用于正式或法律语言中。
1 N-COUNT 人;个人 A
person is a man, woman, or child.
人;个人 -
At least one person died and several others were injured.
至少一人死亡,还有几个人受伤。
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Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job.
人人都知道他是唯一能做这项工作的人。
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My great-grandfather was a person of some importance here.
我曾祖父曾是这儿的头面人物。
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The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person.
我们对睡眠的需求量因人而异。
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They were both lovely, friendly people.
他们俩都很和善友好。
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At least fifty four people have been killed and a further fifty are missing.
至少有54人死亡,另外还有50人失踪。
2 N-PLURAL (person的复数形式,用于正式、法律、技术文体中) Persons is used as the plural of
person in formal, legal, and technical writing.
(person的复数形式,用于正式、法律、技术文体中) -
...removal of the right of accused persons to remain silent.
剥夺被告人保持沉默的权利
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Persons who wish to adopt a child may contact their local social services department.
想收养孩子的人可以与当地社会公益部门联系。
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...persons with neck problems.
脖子有毛病的人
3 N-COUNT 为人;人品 If you talk about someone
as a person, you are considering them from the point of view of their real nature.
为人;人品 4 N-COUNT 喜欢(不喜欢)…的人 If someone says, for example, '
I'm an outdoor person ' or '
I'm not a coffee person', they are saying whether or not they like that particular activity or thing.
喜欢(不喜欢)…的人 [mainly spoken] 5 PHRASE 亲自;本人 If you do something
in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
亲自;本人 6 PHRASE 本人;直接;当面 If you meet, hear, or see someone
in person, you are in the same place as them, rather than, for example, speaking to them on the telephone, writing to them, or seeing them on television.
本人;直接;当面 -
It was the first time she had seen him in person.
这是她第一次见到他本人。
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...a trip to Hollywood to meet his favorite actor in person.
去好莱坞亲自面见他最喜欢的演员的旅程
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She wanted to hear him sing in person.
她想听他现场演唱。
7 N-COUNT 身体 Your
person is your body.
身体 [formal] 8 PHRASE 名叫;人称 You can use
in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.
名叫;人称 [written] 9 N-COUNT (语法中的)人称 In grammar, we use the term
first person when referring to 'I' and 'we',
second person when referring to 'you', and
third person when referring to 'he', 'she', 'it', 'they', and all other noun groups.
Person is also used like this when referring to the verb forms that go with these pronouns and noun groups.
(语法中的)人称 Quotations
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons Desmond Tutu speech at enthronement as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years