them
- pron.他们;它们;她们;指性别不详的人时,用以代替him或her
- adj.<口> 那些
pron.
他们;她们;它们
used when referring to people, animals or things as the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
Tell them the news.
把这消息告诉他们。
What are you doing with those matches? Give them to me.
你拿那些火柴做什么?把它们交给我。
Did you eat all of them?
你都吃光了吗?
It's them.
是他们。
(指性别不详的人时,用以代替him或her)
used instead of him or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known
If anyone comes in before I get back, ask them to wait.
如果在我回来之前有人来,就请他等一等。
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PRON-PLURAL 他们;她们;它们
You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them...
甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。
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PRON-PLURAL (代替 him or her,而不指明是男是女;有人认为这种用法不对)
You use them instead of 'him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
面对自己的孩子,告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。
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DET 那些(不规范口语中代替those)
In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of 'those'.'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
“咱家比利不吃那些东西,”海伦说。
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I can probably make the time to see them .
我大概能腾出时间去看望他们。
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I 'm not going to let them get one over on me !
我决不让他们胜过我!
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People tend to think that the problem will never affect them .
人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。
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It 's been an age since we 've seen them .
我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。
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It 's difficult for them to get here much before seven .
他们很难在7点以前早早地来到这里。
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She had the most money of all of them .
在这些人当中,她最有钱。
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We couldn 't understand them because they were talking in Chinese .
我们听不懂他们在讲些什么,因为他们说的是汉语。
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We said we would keep them .
我们说过要保存它们的。
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Tell them it 's just not good enough .
告诉他们这确实不够好。
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How much are these ? They don 't have a price on them .
这些东西卖多少钱?它们都没有标价。
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You must on no condition tell them what happened .
你决不能告诉他们所发生的事。
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Their background gives them little chance of achieving at school .
他们的家庭背景使他们很难有机会在学校学有所成。
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Have they been paid the money that is due to them ?
他们应得的钱付给他们了吗?
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She 'll have them eating out of her hand in no time .
她很快就会让他们俯首帖耳的。
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You could get them under the Trade Descriptions Act for that !
你可以根据《商品说明法》将他们绳之以法。
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I 'll say this for them , they 're a very efficient company .
我要为他们说句公道话,他们公司的效率的确很高。
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We see them a great deal .
我们经常见到他们。
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I remember we used to go and see them most weekends .
我记得我们过去经常在周末去看望他们。
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They asked me to call them and I did so .
他们要我叫他们,于是我就叫了。
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We offered them a good price but they wouldn 't sell .
我们开了个好价钱,但他们不愿卖。
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There 's been no word from them since before Christmas .
自圣诞节前就一直没有他们的消息。
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Six months passed and we still had no news of them .
半年过去了,我们仍然没有他们的音讯。
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There 's a lot of bad feeling between them .
他们彼此间芥蒂颇多。
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She would not permit herself to look at them .
她避免看他们。
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We 'll head them off at the bridge !
我们将在桥头拦截他们!
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We finally managed to talk them round to our way of thinking .
我们最后总算说服他们接受我们的想法。
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Bring the family round one evening ; we 'd love to meet them .
哪天晚上带全家人来坐坐,我们很想见见他们。
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All of them are experts in their chosen field .
他们在各自选定的专业中都是专家。
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We had no end of trouble getting them to agree .
我们费了九牛二虎之力才使他们同意。
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I 'd have given my right arm to have been there with them .
要是当时能跟他们一起去那儿,我宁愿放弃一切。