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N-PLURAL
人,人們(通常用作person的復數)
People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'.
例句
Millions of people have lost their homes.
數百萬人流離失所。
...the people of Angola.
安哥拉人
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N-PLURAL
(與政府或上流社會相對的)人民,民眾,大眾
The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.
例句
...the will of the people.
人民的意愿
...a tremendous rift between the people and their leadership.
民眾和領導層之間的巨大裂痕
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N-COUNT-COLL
一國人民;民族;種族
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
例句
...the native peoples of Central and South America...
中南美洲的土著民族
It's a triumph for the American people.
這是美國人民的勝利。
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VERB
居住在;定居于
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
例句
It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.
那里住著一個與世隔絕的種族,人們都是愛好和平的佛教徒。
...a small town peopled by lay workers and families.
普通工人和家庭居住的小鎮
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VERB
(某種類型的人)出現,存在,充斥于(故事或歷史時期)
If something such as a story or a time in history is peopled with people of a particular kind, those people occur or exist in it.
例句
Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters...
格拉斯的小說里都是些稀奇古怪的人物。
British history of the 19th century is peopled by energetic reformers...
19世紀英國史上積極改革者層出不窮。