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单词 third person
释义

third person


noun

the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular ) or ones (third person plural ) being addressed.
a pronoun or verb form in the third person, as she or goes in English, or a set of such forms.

Origin of third person

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby third person

third party, third-party insurance, third party procedure, third-party software, third peroneal muscle, third person, third position, third quantum number, third quartile, third rail, third-rate
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Example sentences from the Web for third person

  • Plath writes in the kind of third-person interior monologue she often used for her short stories and early fiction.

    Sylvia Plath’s Darkest Sea: What an Unveiled Draft Poem Reveals|Olivia Cole|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • The third-person formula may be used, but there must be a certain warmth in the note to avoid any semblance of indifference.

    Book of Etiquette|Lillian Eichler

British Dictionary definitions for third person

third person

noun

a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to objects or individuals other than the speaker or his addressee(s)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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