people
[NOUN, VERB]
peoples
1. [PL 复数] 人们
People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'.
双语例句
例：Millions of people have lost their homes.
数百万人失去了家园。
例：the people of Angola.
安哥拉人。
例：I don't think people should make promises they don't mean to keep.
我认为人们不应该许下无意兑现的承诺。
2. [PL 复数] 人民
The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the military.
双语例句
例：the will of the people.
人民的意愿。
3. [C 可数名词] 国民 , 民族
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.
近义词
community , population , race , ethnic group
双语例句
例：the native peoples of Central and South America.
中美洲和南美洲的各本土民族。
例：It's a triumph for the American people.
这是美国人民的胜利。 。
NOUN. 名词
peoples , peopling , peopled
1. [T 及物动词] 居住
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.
近义词
populate
双语例句
例：It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.
那里由极其独立的一群热爱和平的佛教徒居住着。
VERB. 动词
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