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BNC: 75 COCA: 62

people

1 people /ˈpiːpəl/ noun
1 people
/ˈpiːpəl/
noun
Learner's definition of PEOPLE
[plural]
: individual human beings
◊ This sense of people is the plural of person.此义项的people可用作person的复数。
: human beings as a group : all or most people人们;大家
[plural] : a group of people who share a quality, interest, etc.(具有共同品质、兴趣等的)人员,团体
often used in compounds常用于复合词
[count] plural peoples : a group of people who make up a race, tribe, nation, etc.民族;种族
the people : the ordinary people in a country who do not have special power or privileges平民;民众;国民
the People US, lawused to refer to the government of the U.S. or of a particular state in the name of a legal case在法律案件名中指美国政府或美国某一州政府
[plural] : people who are related to or connected with someone与某人有联系的人们: such as
literary : people who are ruled or governed by someone臣民;子民
somewhat old-fashioned : family members : people you are related to亲属;家人
: the people who work for you or your company, organization, etc.员工;同事

good people

US, informal + old-fashioned
: an honest, helpful, or morally good person(诚实、乐于助人或道德高尚的)好人

of all people

used to emphasize that a specified person is the person you most or least expect to do or know something在所有人中;偏偏
2 people /ˈpiːpəl/ verb
peoples; peopled; peopling
2 people
/ˈpiːpəl/
verb
peoples; peopled; peopling
Learner's definition of PEOPLE
[+ object] formal
of people : to live or be in (a place)居住在usually used as (be) peopled通常用作(be) peopled
: to put people in (something, such as a story)将人物置于(故事等中)usually used as (be) peopled通常用作(be) peopled
BNC: 75 COCA: 62

people

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noun

peo·​ple ˈpē-pəl How to pronounce people (audio)
plural people
1
plural : human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest
2
plural : human beings, persons
often used in compounds instead of persons
salespeople
often used attributively
people skills
3
plural : the members of a family or kinship
4
plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class
disputes between the people and the nobles
often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people
5
plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group
6
: lower animals usually of a specified kind or situation
7
: the body of enfranchised citizens of a state
peopleless adjective

people

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verb

peopled; peopling ˈpē-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce people (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to supply or fill with people
2
: to dwell in : inhabit

Example Sentences

Noun People can be really cruel sometimes. People think the coach should be fired. She tends to annoy people. People say it's impossible, but I'm still going to try. a book for young people a people who migrated across the Bering Strait the native peoples of Mexico Verb a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Among the social and economic changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic has been an increasing shift to remote work, another driver of people thinking about leaving. Noah Arroyo, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022 After tens of thousands of people said a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II in the Scottish capital on Tuesday, her coffin departed Edinburgh’s St. Giles’ cathedral and was flown to London. Stu Woo, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The result: rolling blackouts that shut down factories and left millions of people desperate for ways to cool down. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Two strangers captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide with a special performance honoring Queen Elizabeth II. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 King Charles was flying to Northern Ireland Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the nations that make up the United Kingdom, as thousands of people lined up through the night to pay their last respects to his mother’s coffin in Edinburgh. David Keyton, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 Lots of people talk trash, some quite well, but this week, Texas A&M's attempt aged like milk. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Sep. 2022 The subpoenas seek records as well as testimony and ask at least some of the recipients about their knowledge of efforts to engage in election fraud, according to one of the people. Jill Colvin, Brian Slodysko And Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022 Be mindful of the large numbers of people also coming Downtown for the festival, which could make some regular parking options scarce or farther away. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2022
Verb
Given his years dancing alongside them as a New York City Ballet member, choreographer Justin Peck knows the men and women who people his art especially well. Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021 The Copenhagen Trilogy, by contrast, is fastidiously unjudgmental toward those who people it, including its author, though an autobiographical account is an ideal vehicle of complaint. Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2021 Protests have mostly been peopled by the young, those on college campuses and those who can take a day off to vent without bearing much consequence. Sarah Haselhorst, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020 In Maricopa County, 196 peopled are thought to have died from heat exposure last summer, up from 182 the year before. Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2020 The upper part of the valley is well peopled, and many of the hills are cultivated high up. Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2020 Inside, the small, low-ceilinged rooms are peopled with pilgrims. Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2020 Most of the floors had at least a few offices with the lights on, at least some of them peopled with executives trying to figure out what to do now. Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 20 Mar. 2020 Both writers invented a place and, in novel after novel, peopled it with the same characters. Edmund White, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English peple, from Anglo-French pople, peple, peuple, from Latin populus

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French popler, poeplier, from pople

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of people was in the 13th century
BNC: 75 COCA: 62
people

noun¹

1more than one person不止一人ADJECTIVE | VERB + PEOPLE ADJECTIVEyoung年輕人elderly, old長者;老人common, normal, ordinary普通人;老百姓real真實的人All the characters in the book are based on real people.書中的所有人物都是以真人為原型塑造的。important重要的人a line of limousines carrying very important people一排載有極重要人物的豪華轎車famous名人middle-class, working-class中產階級/工薪階層人士business, professional, working商人;職業人士;勞動者unemployed失業者poor窮人rich, wealthy富人blind, deaf, disabled盲人;聾人;殘疾人access for disabled people殘疾人通道gay同性戀者innocent無辜的人Many innocent people were killed.許多無辜的人喪生。healthy, sick健康的人;病人vulnerable (especially BrE) 易受傷害的人homeless無家可歸者happy幸福的人creative, intelligent, smart, talented有創造力的/聰明的/機靈的/有才華的人stupid蠢人decent, good, interesting, lovely, nice, wonderful體面的/善良的/有趣的/可愛的/友好的/了不起的人bad壞人strange怪人single單身族VERB + PEOPLEmeet結識人attract吸引人The local tourist board is trying to attract more people to the town.當地旅遊局正努力吸引更多的人到該鎮來。
people

noun²

2of a particular place/race地區;種族ADJECTIVE | VERB + PEOPLE | PHRASES ADJECTIVElocal當地人country鄉下人indigenous, native原住民;本地人primitive原始人These artists derived much of their imagery from the art of so-called primitive peoples.這些藝術家作品中的意象很多是源自所謂的原始人藝術創造。tribal部落中的人nomadic遊牧民族Aboriginal, Arab, Japanese, Slavic, etc.原住民、阿拉伯人、日本人、斯拉夫人等the culture of the Basque people巴斯克人的文化black, white黑人;白人diverse不同民族Australia is a collectivity of diverse peoples.澳大利亞是多元民族的集合體。civilized文明人oppressed被壓迫者marginalized被邊緣化的人colonial, colonized, conquered殖民地人民;被征服民族displaced流離失所的人prehistoric史前人VERB + PEOPLErepresent代表人民I was elected to represent the people of Bristol.我被選為布里斯托爾居民的代表。bring together, unite將人們凝聚在一起;團結民眾The EU was intended to unite the peoples of Europe.歐盟的目的是要團結歐洲各國人民。PHRASESthe peoples of the world世界各民族

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