our
/ˈaʊə(r)/possessive determiner
1
- belonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified我们的:
Jo and I had our hair cut.
乔和我理了发。
1.1
- belonging to or associated with people in general我们的(泛指), 人们的:
when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly.
我们听到一个声音时, 大脑会迅速确定它的来源。
2
- used in formal contexts by a royal person or a writer or editor to refer to something belonging to or associated with himself or herself〈正式〉[君王、作者、编者用语, 指属于其本人的或与本人有关的] 寡人的, 朕的; 本书的; 本刊的, 本报的:
we want to know what you, our readers, think.
我们想知道作为本报读者的你是怎么想的。
3
- informal, chiefly N. English used with a name to refer to a relative, friend, or colleague of the speaker〈非正式, 主北英格兰〉[后接某人的名字, 用于指称说话者的亲戚、朋友或同事] 我们的:
really, she is a one, our Gillian.
真的, 她是个人物, 我们的吉利安。
词源
Old English ūre, of Germanic origin; related to US and German unser.