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| NOUN |
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| /ˈpɜːsn/ |
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| 1 | an individual human , usually an adult . The plural is people , but in formal or official language the form persons is used 人（通常指成年人） |
| Rooms cost £20 per person. 房价每人20英镑。 |
| She’ s the type of person who always offers to wash up after a party. 她是那种聚会之后总是主动提出清洗餐具的人。 |
| Every single person in the room stopped talking. 房间里的每一个人都不讲话了。 |
| Some people hate camping. 有的人讨厌野营。 |
| elderly/eligible/unemployed persons 上了年纪的/合格的/失业的人 |
| | 1a | used for saying that someone likes a particular thing or activity （喜欢某事物或活动的）人 | | Janet has always been a bit of an outdoor person. 珍尼特一直都是个比较偏爱户外活动的人。 | | I don’ t like takeaways. I’ m not a fast food person. 我不喜欢外卖食品。我不是那种喜欢快餐的人。 | |
| | 1b | used when you do not know who did something （用于不知其人是谁时）某人，家伙 | | Some stupid person left the cooker on all night. 不知哪个愚蠢的家伙让厨灶整夜没关。 | | He has been charged with supplying heroin to persons unknown. 他被指控向陌生人提供海洛因。 | |
| | 1c | used for talking about someone in relation to their character rather than their professional position 人品；为人 | | I wanted to get to know him as a person, not just as my teacher. 我想了解的是他的为人，而不仅仅是作为我的老师。 | |
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| 2 | very formal your body or the clothes you are wearing 身体；衣着 |
| His person had been searched without legal authority. 有人未经法律许可对他进行搜身。 |
| on/about sb’ s person She always carried a small pair of scissors about her person. 她总是随身携带一把小剪刀。 |
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| - | do sth in person
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| to do something by going to a place or person rather than by writing , telephoning, or sending someone else |
| 亲自做某事 |
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| You have to collect your tickets in person. 你必须自己去取票。 |
| I’ ve talked to him on the telephone and in person. 我在电话里和他谈过，也面谈过。 |
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| - | first/second/third person linguistics
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| the forms of pronouns or verbs that show who is being referred to . People use the first person (I) to refer to themselves , the second person (you) to refer to the person or people they are talking to , and the third person heshethey to refer to anyone else . |
| 第一/第二/第三人称 |
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| - | in the person of formal
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| used before someone’ s name to emphasize that they represent a larger group or institution |
| （用于人名前）代表… |
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| The government, in the person of the Health Minister, has taken a lot of criticism. 卫生部长代表政府听取了许多批评。 |
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| - | a person South African spoken
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| used for referring to yourself or to people in general |
| 本人；大家 |
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| Can’ t a person get anything done around here? 难道本人就不能在这儿做成点什么事情吗？ |
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| See also | | - person-to-person | |
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