people表单数与表复数

 

(1) people表示”“人们只用单数形式但总是表示复数意义。如:

Young people like surfing the Internet. 年轻人喜欢上网。

表示一个人不能用one people可根据情况改用one person, one man, one woman, one boy

(2) people表示民族时是可数名词,其前可用不定冠词,也可用复数形式。

We Chinese are a hardworking people. 我们中国人是勤劳的人民。

Ireland was inhabited by two peoples. 爱尔兰居住着两个民族。

比较

How many peoples live in Asia? 亚洲有多少个民族?

How many people live in the room? 这房间住了多少人?

有时它还可与few, many等连用。如:

Few peoples in the world can boast (of) such an old civilization as ours. 世界上没有几个民族有像我国民族这样悠久的文化。