third person plural
1
- used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified［用作动词或介词的宾语］他们; 她们; 它们：
I bathed the kids and read them stories
我给孩子们洗了澡, 然后给他们读故事
rows of doors, most of them locked.
一排排的门, 大部分紧锁着。比较THEY.
1.1
- used after the verb 'to be' and after 'than' or 'as'［用作表语, 或置于than, as之后］他们; 她们; 它们：
you reckon that's them?
你认为那是他们吗？
we're better than them.
我们比他们好。
1.2
- singular referring to a person of unspecified sex指性别不确定的人 他的; 她的：
how well do you have to know someone before you call them a friend?
你要了解一个人到什么程度才会称他为朋友？
2
- archaic themselves〈古〉他们（或她们）自己：
they bethought them of a new expedient.
他们想出了一个新的权宜之计。
- informal or dialect those〈非正式或方〉那些：
look at them eyes.
瞧那些眼睛。
USAGE
On the use of them in the singular to mean 'him or her'， see usage at THEY.
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