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Picture a group standing over there, away from you — and instead of naming each one, you point at the whole bunch with one word: 'they.' It's the stand-in for some others we've already met, not me and not you.
可以想成：有一群人站在那邊、離你有點距離，你不必一個個點名，只要用一個字「他們」往那群人一指就好。they 就是替「…更多收起
可以想成：有一群人站在那邊、離你有點距離，你不必一個個點名，只要用一個字「他們」往那群人一指就好。they 就是替「前面提過的那一群別人」站位的字——不是我，也不是你。原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
theypron詞源 1/ˈðeɪ̯/
- 1
A group of entities previously mentioned.
- Fred and Jane? They just arrived.
- Dogs may bark if they want to be fed.
- 2
A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since late 20th c.) non-binary.
- Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor.
- I asked my friend if they wanted to come, but they said no.
- 3
People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
- They say it’s a good place to live.
- They didn’t have computers in the old days.
- 4
The authorities, the (power) elites, the powers that be, the establishment, the man, the system: government, police, employers, etc.
- They'll tax us for the air we breathe next.
- They should increase our wages.
- 5
bridgegamesThe opponents of the side which is keeping score.
theydet詞源 1/ˈðeɪ̯/
- 1
dialectalThe, those.
- They rooks as you see … only coom a few year agoo.
- Darn'd if they Cockney Chaps can zee there worn't nort but lie in him.
- 2
dialectalTheir.
- MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]"
- It's a shame to see someone talk so bad about the gays and lesbians in prison. She is brainwash to the fact that she think every gay and lesbian in prison is guilty of they crimes.
theyverb詞源 1/ˈðeɪ̯/
- 1
To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.
- I have a pin that says she/her, but I still get theyed all the time.
theynoun詞源 1/ˈðeɪ̯/
- 1
offensivederogatoryinformalA non-binary person.
theypron詞源 2/ˈðeɪ̯/
- 1
dialectalThere (especially as an expletive subject of be).
- They’s music in the twitter of the bluebird and the jay.
- MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]"
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。