man指“男人”,与woman相对。指“人类”时,没有复数形式,也不加任何冠词。这一点大家一定要注意。
people“人们”,是集体名词,表泛指概念,前面不加冠词,作可数名词时以为“民族”。
person指个别“人”,一般用于比较精确的场合。
请大家看下面的例句:
1、She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.
去年,她和一个叫麦克塔维什的男人私奔了。
2、The chick initially has no fear of man.
小鸡天生并不怕人。
3、He is the man of all others for the job.
他是所有人之中最适于干这工作的人。
4、You can chat to other people who are online.
你可以和其他在线的人聊天。
5、It's a triumph for the American people.
这是美国人民的胜利。
6、Millions of people have lost their homes.
数百万人失去了家园。
7、At least one person died and several others were injured.
至少一人死亡,还有几个人受伤。
8、A friend of mine is a very anxious person.
我的一个朋友是个非常容易焦虑不安的人。
9、Mary was the first person to think of the idea.
玛丽是第一个想到这个主意的人
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