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- human beings in general or considered collectively人, 人类：
the earthquake killed 30,000 people.
地震造成三万人死亡。
1.1
the people
the citizens of a country, especially when considered in relation to those who govern them人民, 国民, 民众：his economic reforms no longer have the support of the people.
他的经济改革不再得到人民的支持。
1.2
the people
those without special rank or position in society; the populace平民, 老百姓：he is very much a man of the people.
他的的确确是一个平民。
1.3
one's people
dated a person's parents or relatives〈旧〉父母; 亲属, 亲戚：my people live in Warwickshire.
我父母住在沃里克郡。
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one's people
the supporters or employees of a person in a position of power or authority支持者; 雇员：I've had my people watching the house for some time now.
我已让我的人监视那房子一段时间了。
1.5
the People
US the state prosecution in a trial〈美〉（审判中的）公诉人：pre-trial statements made by the People's witnesses.
由公诉人的证人在审判前所作的陈述。
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- (pl. peoples)treated as sing. or pl. the men, women, and children of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group国民, 团体, 民族：
the native peoples of Canada.
加拿大的土著民族。
with obj.(一般作be peopled)
1- (of a particular group of people) inhabit (an area or place)（某群人）在（某地区或地方）居住：
an arid mountain region peopled by warring clans.
交战部落居住的干旱山区。
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- fill or be present in (a place, environment, or domain)使（某地、环境或领域）充满：
in her imagination the flat was suddenly peopled with the ghosts of glamorous women.
在她的想像中, 那公寓里突然到处都是迷人的女鬼。
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- fill (an area or place) with a particular group of inhabitants使（某地区或地方）住满人：
it was his intention to people the town with English colonists.
他的意图是让英国殖民者在该城镇定居。
派生词
peoplehood
noun （名词义项2）词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poeple, from Latin populus 'populace'.