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| 1 | the plural of person （person 的复数形式）人，人们 |
| young/old people 年轻人/老年人 |
| a group/crowd of people 一队/群人 |
| Thousands of people marched in protest. 几千人参加了示威游行。 |
| The accident left three people dead and many injured. 那次事故导致3人死亡，多人受伤。 |
| People were running everywhere. 人们四处奔跑。 |
| many/few/some people Many people here would agree with you. 这里的许多人都会同意你的看法。 |
| | 1a | plural used for referring to humans in general （总称）人，人们 | | People tend to think that doctors know everything. 人们往往认为医生们无所不知。 | |
| | 1b | plural men and women who work for the same organization , do the same type of work , or share the same interests 同事；同伙；同伴；兴趣相投者 | | military/religious/financial people 军事/宗教/经济伙伴 | | scientifically-minded people 具有科学思想的人们 | |
| | 1c | used for comparing persons with the same qualities or in the same situation 像某人/那样的人 | | People like that really annoy me. 像那样的人真让我讨厌。 | | We need more people like her in politics. 在政治上我们需要更多像她这样的人。 | |
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| 2 | the people plural ordinary people who are not members of the government or the upper classes 平民；老百姓 |
| On this issue, government has failed to listen to the people. 在这件事情上，政府没有听取民众的意见。 |
| a man/woman of the people Many thought the governor was a man of the people (=a leader who cares about ordinary people) . 许多人都认为那位州长是关心民众疾苦的。 |
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| 3 | C a group consisting of all the persons who belong to a nation , religion , or racecan be followed by a singular or plural verb （某国、某宗教或某种族的）人民，民族（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） |
| the Japanese/Spanish/German people 日本/西班牙/德国人 |
| They are a proud, dignified people. 他们是一个骄傲高贵的民族。 |
| Over thousands of years, peoples from central Asia came to settle here. 几千年来，来自中亚的许多民族都到这里来定居。 |
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| 4 | the people legal the lawyers representing the US government or a US state in a criminal case （刑事案件中）代表美国政府（或州）的律师 |
| the case of the people versus the Jameson Financial Company 公诉人起诉詹姆森财务公司的讼案 |
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| 5 | plural MAINLY AMERICAN spoken used when you are talking to the people in a room or group , especially when you want them to listen （口语中用来称呼屋子里或团队中的人，尤指想让大家听自己发言的时候）诸位，各位 |
| Okay, people. Let’ s not panic. 好了，各位不要惊慌。 |
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| - | be all things to all people
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| to try to please everyone although they all want different things |
| 迎合各人的不同需求 |
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| She should stop trying to be all things to all people. 她不应该再费力去迎合所有人的不同需求。 |
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| - | sb’ s people
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| 1 | informal someone’ s parents or their family in general 某人的父母（或家里人） | Her people came over from Scotland in the 19th century. 她的家里人是在19世纪的时候从苏格兰迁到这儿来的。 | | Have you met his people? 你见过他的家里人吗？ | |
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| 2 | the people who believe in or are loyal to someone such as a religious leader or king （宗教领袖或国王的）臣民，子民 | He was not a good king and failed to protect his people. 他不是一个好国王，没能保护好他的子民。 | |
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| 3 | the people who work for someone . This expression is also used in a humorous way by people who are not talking about a business situation 下属；手下人 | I’ ll get my people to talk to your people and we’ ll see whether we can come to some agreement. 我会让我的手下和你的手下谈谈，看看我们有没有办法达成协议。 | |
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