英语词汇“pronoun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pronoun

(proʊnaʊn )

Word forms: pronouns

1. countable noun B1

A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun, often because the person or thing has been mentioned earlier. Examples are 'it', 'she', 'something', and 'myself'.

2. See also indefinite pronoun, personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, relative pronoun

Collocations:

singular pronoun

Everybody is a singular pronoun and requires a singular possessive pronoun: his or her.

Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)

He was speaking idiomatic English, in which the generic singular pronoun is the same word as the masculine singular personal pronoun.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Another example of a disputed usage is whether it's permissible to use they as a singular pronoun.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

But part of the problem may lie in grammar, because there is no third person singular pronoun that does not refer to gender.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Translations:

Chinese: 代词

Japanese: 代名詞

单词	pronoun
释义	pronoun (proʊnaʊn ) Word forms: pronouns 1. countable noun B1 A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun, often because the person or thing has been mentioned earlier. Examples are 'it', 'she', 'something', and 'myself'. 2. See also indefinite pronoun, personal pronoun, reflexive pronoun, relative pronoun Collocations: singular pronoun Everybody is a singular pronoun and requires a singular possessive pronoun: his or her. Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995) He was speaking idiomatic English, in which the generic singular pronoun is the same word as the masculine singular personal pronoun. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Another example of a disputed usage is whether it's permissible to use they as a singular pronoun. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But part of the problem may lie in grammar, because there is no third person singular pronoun that does not refer to gender. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 代词 Japanese: 代名詞
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