◊ The plural of person is usually people except in formal or legal contexts, where the plural is often persons.*person的复数通常为people,但在正式或法律文件中复数常为persons。
a :a human being人;个人
She is a very nice/shy/interesting person.她是一个非常和善/害羞/有趣的人。
I saw a person standing on the dock.我看到一个人站在码头上。
Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt.凡是想要退款者必须持有收据。
Most people here are quite friendly.这里大多数人都非常友好。
The tickets are $25 per person.票价每人25美元。
The person at the front desk will be able to help you.在前台的那个人能帮助你。
The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket.减税优惠只适用于高薪人群。
I like her as a person, but she is not a very good writer.我喜欢她本人,但是她不是一个出色的作家。
The disease is easily transmitted from person to person.这种疾病容易在人与人之间传播。
— sometimes used in compounds to avoid using man or woman有时用于复合词以避免使用man或woman
: one (such as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties
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: reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French persone, from Latin persona actor's mask, character in a play, person, probably from Etruscan phersu mask, from Greek prosōpa, plural of prosōpon face, mask — more at prosopopoeia
➡ see also peopleADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤young年輕人▸➤elderly, old上了年紀的人;老人▸➤married, single已婚者;單身的人➤gay同性戀者◇an openly gay person working in business在商界任職的公開的同性戀者➤black, white黑人;白人➤poor, rich窮人;富人▸➤decent, good, lovely, nice正派的人;好人;可愛的人▸➤caring, gentle, kind, warm體貼的人;和善的人;好心人;熱心人▸➤bad, evil, wicked壞人;邪惡的人▸➤happy, outgoing幸福的人;外向的人▸➤rational, reasonable, sensible明事理的人;通情達理的人◇Any reasonable person can see that it is not fair.任何明事理的人都能看出這不公平。➤intelligent, smart (especially NAmE) 聰明人;精明的人➤talented人才▸➤average, normal, ordinary普通人;正常人▸➤private感情不外露的人◇She is a warm but very private person.她為人熱情但感情藏得很深。➤blind, deaf, disabled盲人;聾人;殘疾人▸➤ill, sick病人◇a terminally ill person (BrE, NAmE) 臨終病人◇a mentally ill person (BrE, NAmE) 精神病患者➤sane理智的人◇Robbie did what any other sane person would do in this situation.羅比做了任何有理智的人在這種情況下都會做的事。➤missing失踪者◇to file a missing persons report建立失踪人口報告檔案➤displaced難民▸➤homeless無家可歸者▸➤unemployed失業的人▸➤dead死者▸➤famous名人▸➤important要人▸➤innocent無罪的人◇the imprisonment of an innocent person對一個無辜者的關押➤right, wrong合適的人;錯誤的人◇She's the right person for the job.她是這一工作的合適人選。◇The police now realize that they had the wrong person.警方現在意識到他們抓錯人了。➤religious篤信宗教的人◇I'm not a religious person.我不信教。➤business商人PREPOSITION➤as a person作為人◇What's she like as a person?她為人怎麼樣?➤in person親自◇She appeared in person to collect her prize.她親自到場領獎。➤person from來自⋯的人◇a person from the same family as Gina與吉娜來自同一家庭的人◇a person from Vietnam一個從越南來的人➤in the person of即為(某人)◇Help arrived in the person of my brother.前來幫忙的是我兄弟。PHRASES➤the person concerned相關的人◇The disciplinary panel will notify the person concerned of its findings.紀律檢查小組會將調查結果通知相關人員。➤the person in charge負責人◇Can I speak to the person in charge, please?我能和負責人談一談嗎?➤the person responsible應負責的人◇Police think they have found the person responsible for the muggings.警方認為他們已經找到了行兇搶劫的人。➤from person to person從一個人到另一個人◇The virus is spread from person to person.該病毒經人際接觸傳播。