persons

英 [ˈpɜːsnz]

美 [ˈpɜrsənz]

n.  人; 个人; 某人; 从事…工作(或担任…职务)的人; 人员
person的复数

柯林斯词典

The usual word for ‘more than one person’ is people. The form persons is used as the plural in formal or legal language. 表示不止一个人时通常用 people，persons 作为复数形式用于正式或法律语言中。


• N-COUNT 人；个人
  Apersonis a man, woman, or child.
  1. At least one person died and several others were injured...
     至少一人死亡，还有几个人受伤。
  2. Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job...
     人人都知道他是唯一能做这项工作的人。
  3. My great-grandfather was a person of some importance here...
     我曾祖父曾是这儿的头面人物。
  4. The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person...
     我们对睡眠的需求量因人而异。
  5. They were both lovely, friendly people...
     他们俩都很和善友好。
  6. At least fifty four people have been killed and a further fifty are missing.
     至少有54人死亡，另外还有50人失踪。
• N-PLURAL （person的复数形式，用于正式、法律、技术文体中）
  Personsis used as the plural ofpersonin formal, legal, and technical writing.
  1. ...removal of the right of accused persons to remain silent...
     剥夺被告人保持沉默的权利
  2. Persons who wish to adopt a child may contact their local social services department.
     想收养孩子的人可以与当地社会公益部门联系。
  3. ...persons with neck problems.
     脖子有毛病的人
• N-COUNT 为人；人品
  If you talk about someoneas a person, you are considering them from the point of view of their real nature.
  1. I've a lot of time for him as a person now...
     现在我有充分的时间去了解他的人品。
  2. Robin didn't feel good about herself as a person.
     罗宾不喜欢自己的为人。
• N-COUNT 喜欢（不喜欢）…的人
  If someone says, for example, 'I'm an outdoor person' or 'I'm not a coffee person', they are saying whether or not they like that particular activity or thing.
  1. I am not a country person at all. I prefer the cities.
     我根本不喜欢乡村生活，我喜欢城市。
• PHRASE 亲自；本人
  If you do somethingin person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  1. You must collect the mail in person and take along some form of identification...
     你必须携带本人身份证明亲自来取邮件。
  2. She went to New York to receive the award in person.
     她亲自前往纽约领奖。
• PHRASE 本人；直接；当面
  If you meet, hear, or see someonein person, you are in the same place as them, rather than, for example, speaking to them on the telephone, writing to them, or seeing them on television.
  1. It was the first time she had seen him in person.
     这是她第一次见到他本人。
  2. ...a trip to Hollywood to meet his favorite actor in person...
     去好莱坞亲自面见他最喜欢的演员的旅程
  3. She wanted to hear him sing in person.
     她想听他现场演唱。
• N-COUNT 身体
  Yourpersonis your body.
  1. The suspect had refused to give any details of his identity and had carried no documents on his person.
     嫌疑犯拒绝说出他的具体身份，而且身上没有携带任何身份证明。
• PHRASE 名叫；人称
  You can usein the person ofwhen mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.
  1. We had a knowledgeable guide in the person of George Adams.
     我们有一位见识广博的导游乔治·亚当斯。
• See also:first personsecond personthird person

双语例句

• How many persons are there in your family?
  你家有几口人？
• About 100 persons have applied for the appointment.
  约有100人申请这一职务。
• She's tracked down over two hundred missing persons, in many cases after the police have given up.
  她已经追查到了200多名失踪人口，多数是警方已经不抱希望的案子。
• Persons in the know also revealed some malpractices at the fair.
  知情人披露了一些交易会上的不正之风。
• Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.
  因患癌症濒临死亡的人会日渐消瘦，而且身体明显衰弱。
• Convictions for criminal offences might lead to the persons concerned being debarred from entering the teaching profession.
  因刑事罪名被定罪的罪犯将可能被禁止从事教师职业。
• The two persons have the same talent and abilities.; They are equal in both talent and abilities.
  二人才力相埒。
• Those in the dark are in no position to light the way for others.; Persons in the dark cannot light the way for others.
  以其昏昏，使人昭昭是不行的。
• Quarantine laws prevent the sick from coming into contact with healthy persons.
  检疫法不许病人接触健康人。
• Persons aggrieved by refusal of an application can normally secure judicial review of the decision.
  因申请遭到拒绝而受到侵害的人通常能够获得拒绝决定者的司法检查。