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man PERSONmAnnpl men menthe human race, or any member or group of it人类，人Man (= The human race) is rapidly destroying the Earth. [U]人类正在迅速毁灭地球。This poison is one of the most dangerous substances known to man (= the human race). [U]这种毒药是人类所知的最危险的物品之一。Men (= Members of the human race) are still far more intelligent than the cleverest robot. [C]人类仍远比最智能的机器人聪明。All men are (= Each member of the human race is) equal in the sight of the law. [C]法律面前人人平等。For medieval man (= all medieval people considered together as a group) syphilis was as terrifying as AIDS is to us today. [U]对中世纪的人们来说，梅毒就像当今的艾滋病一样可怕。Try to imagine what life must have been like for Neolithic man (= all the people who lived in the Neolithic period) 10 000 years ago. [U]试想一下1万年前新石器人的生活。If a group of people do something as one man they do it together at exactly the same time.同时的，统一的As one man, the delegates made for the exit.代表们同时走向出口。There were 400 people at the meeting and they all, to a man (= every one of them), voted in favour.400人参加了会议，他们每个人都投了赞成票。Dogs are sometimes called man's best friend.狗有时被称为人类最好的朋友。The murder is just another example of man's inhumanity to man (= how cruel people can be to each other).这起谋杀真是残酷人性的又一例证。A man-eater is an animal that can kill and eat a person.吃人的动物That tiger's a man-eater!那是只吃人的老虎！There was a news report of a man-eating tiger.有消息说出现了一只吃人的老虎。[MAN 中的man-eater](esp. Br) A man of straw is someone who has a weak character.脆弱的人，懦弱的人He was accused by his opponents of being a man of straw and lacking in decisiveness.他被对手指责为优柔寡断。A man of straw is also a straw man.稻草人（假想的易击败的对手） [STRAW ]If something is man-made, it is artificial rather than natural.人造的，人工的man-made fibres人造纤维It's a man-made lake.这是个人工湖。"Man is a tool-using animal"(Thomas Carlyle in his book Sartor Resartus, 1834)“人是使用工具的动物”（选自托马斯·卡莱尔的书《旧衣新裁》）Some people find this use of man offensive because it does not seem to give women equal importance with men. They prefer to use other words such as humanity, humankind and people.有人认为man这类用法有碍于男女平等，而选用humanity, humankind and people等词。
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