him
/强hɪm, 弱ɪm/pronoun
third person singular
1
- used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified［用作动词或介词的宾语, 指上文提到过的或易确定的男人或雄性动物］他：
his wife survived him
他的妻子比他活得长
he took the children with him.
他带走了孩子们。比较 HE.
1.1
- referring to a person or animal of unspecified sex（指人或动物未指明性别的）他：
withdrawing your child from school to educate him at home may seem drastic.
让孩子退学在家接受教育, 也许看起来很极端。
1.2
- used after the verb 'to be' and after 'than' or 'as'用在动词 'to be' 以及'than', 'as' 之后他：
that's him all right
那确实是他
I could never be as good as him.
我永远都不可能像他那么好。
1.3
- W. Indian he〈西印度〉他（主格）：
him was a tall, bowlegged man.
他是个身材很高、罗圈腿的男人。
2
- archaic or N. Amer. Dialect〈古, 北美方〉himself他自己：
in the depths of him, he too didn't want to go.
在他内心深处, 他也不想走。
USAGE
Why do people tell us that it is wrong to say I could never be as good ashim（rather than I could never be as good as he）? If they are right, why does he in this context sound so odd? For a discussion of this issue, see usage at PERSONAL PRONOUN.
词源
Old English, dative singular form of he， hē 'he' and hit 'it'.