human people person man的用法
1. human:
可以是形容詞,意思是人的、人類的、有人性的,如human nature,有句成語說"To err is human, to forgive, divine!"(犯錯是人性,原諒是神性。)
另外,它也可以是名詞,意思是"人類",複數形是humans
2. people一般當名詞用:
它可以是person的複數形,意思是人,比如說There are 5 people(或persons) in my family.(我家有五個人。)
Those people are crazy!
I need three people here.
Hey, people! Listen up! 這類的...這裡指的就是群眾,大家
問多少人,用How many people...?
它也可以是獨立的另一個可數單字,意思是民族、種族。
比如說The Chinese are a polite and friendly people.(中國人是個禮貌友善的民族。)
3. person:
當普通可數名詞,意思是個人,比如說Tom is a very nice person. (Tom是個好人。)比較特別的是,它的複數形可以是persons也可以是people。類似是電梯的承載人數... 可以用15 persons之用法。
A person walked by and dropped this. 有一個人經過,掉了這個.
He is not that kind of person. 他不是那種人啦!
It's a "one person's job". 這是個單人就可完成的工作,也可說 one man's job.
4.man:
直譯是男人.. That man is someone I know.;
當講到 學術性時,也有用mankind, man-made,此時指的是"人類"不分性別;
而 be a man, 則是指帶種,勇敢的意思.