person
/ˈpɜːsən/noun
(pl. people 或 persons)
1
- a human being regarded as an individual人：
the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance
那个搬运工是在她失踪前见过她的最后一个人
she is a person of astonishing energy.
她是一个精力惊人的人。
1.1
- used in legal or formal contexts to refer to an unspecified individual自然人; 法人：
the entrance fee is £2.00 per person.
入场费每人两英镑。
1.2
- S. African informal used by speakers to refer to themselves or to people in general〈南非, 非正式〉自己, 本人; 人们：
how many times must a person tell you - I don't smoke.
不知告诉过你多少次了, 我不抽烟。
1.3
- in sing. with modifier an individual characterized by a preference or liking for a specified thing喜欢（或偏爱）…的人：
she's not a cat person.
她不喜欢猫。
1.4
- an individual's body身体, 人身：
I would have publicity photographs on my person at all times.
我身上一直都带着宣传照片。
1.5
- dated (especially in legal contexts) used euphemistically to refer to a person's genitals, especially those of a man〈旧, 婉〉（尤用作法律语境）下身（尤指男性生殖器）。
1.6
- a character in a play or story（戏剧或故事中的）人物, 角色：
his previous roles in the person of a fallible cop.
他以前饰演过的一个易犯错误的警察角色。
2
- Grammar a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person)【语法】人称。
3
- Christian Theology each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost, who together constitute the Trinity【基督教神学】（圣父、圣子、圣灵三位一体的）位。
USAGE
The words people and persons can both be used as the plural of person but they are not used in exactly the same way. People is by far the commoner of the two words and is used in most ordinary contexts: a group of people; there were only about ten people; several thousand people have been rehoused. Persons, on the other hand, tends now to be restricted to official or formal contexts, as in this vehicle is authorized to carry twenty persons; no persons admitted without a pass.
短语
be one's own person
- do or be what one wishes or in accordance with one's own character rather than as influenced by others做自己喜欢的事; 保持自己的喜好; 依个人的性子做; 保持自己的个性。
in one's own person
- archaic oneself; in person (used for emphasis)〈古〉本人, 亲自（用于强调）：
a housekeeper who would undertake, in her own person, all the duties of the home.
一个亲自做全部家务的女管家。
in person
- with the personal presence or action of the individual specified亲自, 直接, 当面：
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。
in the person of
- in the physical form of以…的身份, 名叫…的：
trouble arrived in the person of a short, moustached Berliner.
麻烦随着一个身材矮小、蓄小胡子的柏林人而来。
词源
Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona 'actor's mask, character in a play', later 'human being'.