them

英 [ðəm]

美 [ðəm]

pron.  他们; 她们; 它们; 指性别不详的人时，用以代替him或her

复数：thems　

中考高考考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.46212 / COCA.59

牛津词典

pron.

• 他们；她们；它们
  used when referring to people, animals or things as the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
  1. Tell them the news.
     把这消息告诉他们。
  2. What are you doing with those matches? Give them to me.
     你拿那些火柴做什么？把它们交给我。
  3. Did you eat all of them?
     你都吃光了吗？
  4. It's them.
     是他们。
• （指性别不详的人时，用以代替him或her）
  used instead of him or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known
  1. If anyone comes in before I get back, ask them to wait.
     如果在我回来之前有人来，就请他等一等。

柯林斯词典

Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition. them 是第三人称复数代词，用作动词或介词的宾语。


• PRON-PLURAL 他们;她们;它们
  You usethemto refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
  1. The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them...
     甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。
  2. Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong...
     如今的孩子没人告诉他们什么是对什么是错。
  3. She let the dogs into the house and fed them...
     她把狗放进屋，给它们喂食。
  4. His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
     我能看出他的深色袜子上有道条纹。
• PRON-PLURAL (代替 him or her，而不指明是男是女;有人认为这种用法不对)
  You usetheminstead of 'him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
  1. It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
     面对自己的孩子，告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。
• DET 那些(不规范口语中代替those)
  In non-standard spoken English,themis sometimes used instead of 'those'.
  1. 'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
     “咱家比利不吃那些东西，”海伦说。

双语例句

• Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them
  有时，我临场发挥改了词，因为我把原来的词给忘了。
• They want to let them know that they are safe
  他们想让他们知道他们安全无事。
• I should be happy if you would bring them this evening
  如果今晚你将他们带来的话，我会很高兴。
• My children want me with them for Christmas Day, but I can't face it
  我的孩子们想要我跟他们一起过圣诞节，但我办不到。
• It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
  面对自己的孩子，告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。
• You can't think how glad I was to see them all go
  你都想象不到，我看到他们全都走了，心里是多么高兴。
• I tried them on and they were the right size.
  我试穿了一下，大小正合适。
• You can commission them to paint something especially for you.
  你可以委托他们专门为你画点什么。
• The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them
  甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。
• Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
  请告诉我们你对我们所了解的这些事实的本能反应。