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单词 him
释义 him
I. \_(h)im, |him, _ēm\ pronoun, objective case of he
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, dative of he — more at he
1. : he I 1, 2, 3, 4:
 a. — used as indirect object of a verb
  < friends who have given him the most sympathy — W.M.Thackeray >
 b. — used as object of a preposition
  < we may not fight a duel with Death nor engage in controversy with him — W.L.Sullivan >
 c. — used as direct object of a verb
  < I know him >
 d. — used in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition
  < the jacket fits you as well as him >
  < give me the book rather than him >
  < this treatment would be more beneficial to you than him >
 e. : used in absolute constructions especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle
  < I met him down near the river, at the height of the first run of fish, and him without his rod — Alasdair Carmichael >
  < him being such a fool, the Fool Killer heard about him — Helen Eustis >
 f. — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers though disapproved by some grammarians in the predicate after forms of be, in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb, and in other positions where it is itself neither the subject of a verb nor the object of a verb or preposition
  < it was him >
  < she is as tall as him >
  < him and his promises! >
 g. — used in substandard speech and formerly also by reputable writers as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede or as part of the compound subject of a verb
  < damned be him that first cries “Hold, enough!” — Shakespeare >
  < him and his wife was real old-timers — Vance Randolph >
 h. — used like the adjective his with a gerund by speakers and writers on all educational levels though disapproved by some grammarians
  < what do you think of him becoming a doctor >
2. : himself — used reflexively as indirect object of a verb
 < he went to his … tailor … and got him a … gray spring suit — W.A.White >
object of a preposition
 < he couldn't decide whether to have the package delivered or take it with him >
or direct object of a verb
 < a child that … finds him suddenly in his mother's arms again — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
II. \ˈhim\ noun
(-s)
: man, boy
 < four hims and a her — Charles Dickens >
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