| 单词 | they |
| 释义 | Word Frequency they(ðeɪ) pronoun (subjective) ▶ USAGE It was formerly considered correct to use a masculine pronoun such as he, him, or his to refer to people in general, as in everyone did his best, but it is now more common to use they, them, or their, and this use has become acceptable in all but the most formal contexts: everyone did their best. This use of they, them, and their to refer to people in general can even be found in some definitions in this dictionarywhen other gender-neutral wording would be excessively convoluted1. refers to people or things other than the speaker or people addressed they fight among themselves 2. refers to unspecified people or people in general not including the speaker or people addressed in Australia they have Christmas in the summer 3. not standard refers to an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody if anyone objects, they can go 4. refers to a person whose gender cannot or need not be specified ask a colleague if they can advise 5. refers to a person with a nonbinary gender identity who has expressed a preference to be referred to in this way the songwriter announced they were releasing a solo album next year 6. an archaic word for those blessed are they that mourn Word origin C12: thei from Old Norse their, masculine nominative plural, equivalent to Old English thā |
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