per·son
noun/ˈpɜːsn/
/ˈpɜːrsn/
(plural people
The plural form persons is used in some formal language.Idioms /ˈpiːpl/
/ˈpiːpl/
)- a human as an individual
人；个人 - What sort of person would do a thing like that?
什么人会干那样的事呢？ - He's a fascinating person.
他是个魅力十足的人。 - as a person What is she like as a person?
她的人品怎么样？ - He's just the person we need for the job.
他正是我们需要的适合这项工作的人。 - She's the only person I can talk to about my problems.
她是我唯一可以谈论我的问题的人。 - Gary was the last person I expected to see when I answered the doorbell.
当我按门铃时，加里是我最不想见到的人。 - I had a letter from the people who used to live next door.
我接到了过去的邻居写来的一封信。 - I'm not really a city person (= I don't really like cities).
我不是一个很喜欢城市生活的人。
Extra Examples- Can I speak to the person in charge, please?
我能和负责人谈一谈吗？ - I'm not a religious person.
我不信教。 - Police think they have found the person responsible for the muggings.
警方认为他们已经找到了行凶抢劫的人。 - Robbie did what any other sane person would do in this situation.
罗比做了任何有理智的人在这种情况下都会做的事。 - She is a warm but very private person.
她为人热情但感情藏得很深。 - She's the right person for the job.
她是这一工作的合适人选。 - The disciplinary panel will notify the person concerned of its findings.
纪律检查小组会将调查结果通知相关人员。 - The police now realize that they had the wrong person.
警方现在意识到他们抓错人了。 - a person from Vietnam
一个从越南来的人 - a person from the same family as Gina
与吉娜来自同一家庭的人 - the imprisonment of an innocent person
对一个无辜者的关押 - As a gay person working in business, I have some experience of this.
作为一名从事商业工作的同性恋者，我对此有一些经验。 - It's easy to send an email to the wrong person by accident.
很容易意外地将电子邮件发送给错误的人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- young
- elderly
- old
- …
- as a person
- in person
- person from
- …
- the person concerned
- the person in charge
- the person responsible
- …
- What sort of person would do a thing like that?
- (formal or disapproving) a human, especially one who is not identified
人；某人 - A certain person (= somebody that I do not wish to name) told me about it.
有人告诉了我这件事。 - The price is $40 per person.
价格为每人 40 美元。 - This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons. (= in a notice)
此车准乘 4 人。 - (law) The verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown.
裁断是一人或多人谋杀，凶手身份未明。 - The virus is spread from person to person.
该病毒经人际接触传播。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- young
- elderly
- old
- …
- as a person
- in person
- person from
- …
- the person concerned
- the person in charge
- the person responsible
- …
- A certain person (= somebody that I do not wish to name) told me about it.
- -person(in compounds) a person working in the area of business mentioned; a person connected with the thing mentioned
从事…工作（或担任…职务）的人；人员 - a salesperson
推销员 - a spokesperson
发言人
- a salesperson
- (grammar) any of the three classes of personal pronouns. The first person (I/we) refers to the person(s) speaking; the second person (you) refers to the person(s) spoken to; the third person (he/she/it/they) refers to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about.
人称（第一人称 I／we 指说话人，第二人称 you 指听话的人，第三人称 he／she／it／they 指谈到的人或事物）
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.
Idioms
about/on your person
- (formal) if you have or carry something about/on your person, you carry it about with you, for example in your pocket
随身带着；身上有 - Relatives of the dead man were traced through an address found on his person.
通过死者身上的地址可以追踪到死者的亲属。
- Relatives of the dead man were traced through an address found on his person.
be no respecter of persons, age, class, etc.
- to treat everyone in the same way, without being influenced by their importance, wealth, etc.
平等待人；一视同仁 - Death is no respecter of persons.
死神不区分贫富贵贱。
- Death is no respecter of persons.
in person
- if you do something in person, you go somewhere and do it yourself, instead of doing it by letter, asking somebody else to do it, etc.
亲自；亲身 - He had to pick up his welfare cheque in person.
他不得不亲自去拿自己的福利支票。 - She appeared in person to collect her prize.
她亲自到场领奖。
- He had to pick up his welfare cheque in person.
in the person of somebody
- (formal) in the form or shape of somebody
以某人的形骸；通过某人体现 - Help arrived in the person of his mother.
来帮忙的是他的母亲。 - The firm has an important asset in the person of the sales director.
该公司拥有销售总监这一重要资产。
- Help arrived in the person of his mother.
person of interest
- a person who is believed to be involved in a crime, but who has not been arrested
被认为参与犯罪但尚未被捕的人 - Police have said they do have a person of interest in the case.
警方表示，他们确实有与此案有关的人。
- Police have said they do have a person of interest in the case.