- Human beings are people. Individuals, folks, humankind — we're all people.
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- n. 人；人类；
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1. Many young people are out of work.
很多年轻人失业。
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2. She tends to annoy people.
她的举止往往惹人烦。
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3. the French people
法国人
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4. the life of the common people
普通人的生活
- people (n.) late 13c., "humans, persons in general," from Anglo-French people, Old French peupel "people, population, crowd; mankind, humanity," from Latin populus "a people, nation; body of citizens; a multitude, crowd, throng," of unknown origin, possibly from Etruscan. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish pueblo, Italian popolo. In English, it displaced native folk.
- people (v.) late 15c. (intransitive), c. 1500 (transitive), from people (n.), or else from Middle French peupler, from Old French peuple. Related: Peopled; peopling.
people ★ / ˈpiːpl ; NAmE ˈpiːpl / noun , verb people peoples peopled peopling noun ★ 1 ★ [plural ] persons; men, women and children 人 ◆ At least ten people were killed in the crash. 至少有十人在撞车事故中丧生。 ◆ There were a lot of people at the party. 有许多人参加聚会。 ◆ Many young people are out of work. 很多年轻人失业。 2 ★ [plural ] persons in general or everyone 人们；大家 ◆ He doesn't care what people think of him. 他不在乎人们怎样看他。 ◆ She tends to annoy people. 她的举止往往惹人烦。 HELP Use everyoneor everybodyinstead of ‘all people’. 用 everyone 或 everybody，不用 all people。 3 ★ [countable ] all the persons who live in a particular place or belong to a particular country, race, etc. （统称）人民，国民；民族；种族 ◆ the French people 法国人 ◆ the native peoples of Siberia 西伯利亚原住民族 ☞see also townspeople 4 ★ the people [plural ] the ordinary men and women of a country rather than those who govern or have a special position in society 平民；百姓；大众 ◆ the life of the common people 普通人的生活 ◆ It was felt that the government was no longer in touch with the people. 人们觉得政府已脱离了民众。 ☞see also little people 5 ★ [plural ] men and women who work in a particular type of job or are involved in a particular area of activity （统称某行业或领域的）人 ◆ a meeting with business people and bankers 与商界和银行界人士的会晤 ◆ These garments are intended for professional sports people. 这些服装是为专业运动员制作的。 6 [plural ] ( literary) the men, women and children that a person leads （某人辖下的）国民，人民，臣民，群众 ◆ The king urged his people to prepare for war. 国王呼吁臣民百姓准备作战。 7 [plural ] the men and women who work for you or support you 雇员；支持者；下属人员 ◆ I've had my people watching the house for a few days. 我让佣人照看了几天房子。 8 [plural ] ( BrE) ( informal) guests or friends 客人；朋友 ◆ I'm having people to dinner this evening. 今晚我在家里宴请客人。 9 [plural ] ( old-fashioned) the men, women and children that you are closely related to, especially your parents, grandparents, etc. 家人；亲人；家属；（尤指）父母，祖父母 ◆ She's spending the holidays with her people. 她正与家人一起度假。 ☞see also boat people , street people , tradespeople IDIOMS of ˈall people when you say of all people,you are emphasizing that sb is the person you would most or least expect to do sth （在所有的人中）偏偏，唯有 ◆ She of all people should know the answer to that. 在所有的人中，她是最应知道那个问题的答案的。 people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw ˈstones ( saying) you should not criticize other people, because they will easily find ways of criticizing you 身居玻璃房，投石招祸殃；自身毛病多，勿挑他人错 ☞more at man n. , thing verb [usually passive ] peoplesth (with sth) to live in a place or fill it with people 居住在；把…挤满人；住满居民 ◆ The town was peopled largely by workers from the car factory and their families. 这个镇上的居民大部份都是汽车厂的工人及其家属。 ◆ The ballroom was peopled with guests. 舞厅里满堂宾客。 people / ˈpiːpl ; NAmE ˈpiːpl /
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