单词 | me |
释义 | me[ mee ] / mi / pronounthe objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me to the party. Give me your hand. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun I in the predicate after the verb to be): It's me. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun my before a gerund): Did you hear about me getting promoted? adjectiveof or involving an obsessive interest in one's own satisfaction: the me decade. Origin of mebefore 900; Middle English me,Old English mē (dative and accusative singular); cognate with Dutch mij,Old High German mir grammar notes for me2. A traditional rule governing the case of personal pronouns after forms of the verb to be is that the nominative or subjective form ( I; she; he; we; they ) must be chosen. Some 400 years ago, owing to the feeling that the postverb position in a sentence is object rather than subject territory, me and other objective pronouns ( him; her; us; them ) began to replace the subjective forms after be, so that It is I became It is me. Today such constructions— It's me. That's him. It must be them. —are almost universal in speech, the context in which they usually occur. In formal speech or edited writing, the subjective forms are used: It was I who first noticed the problem. My brother was the one who called our attention to the problem, but it wasn't he who solved it. It had been she at the window, not her husband. Me and other objective forms have also replaced the subjective forms in speech in constructions like Me neither; Not us; Who, them? and in comparisons after as or than: She's no faster than him at getting the answers. When the pronoun is the subject of a verb that is expressed, the nominative forms are used: Neither did I. She's no faster than he is at getting the answers. See also than. 3. When a verb form ending in -ing functions as a noun, it is traditionally called a gerund: Walking is good exercise. She enjoys reading biographies. Usage guides have long insisted that gerunds, being nouns, must be preceded by the possessive form of the pronouns or nouns ( my; your; her; his; its; our; their; child's; author's ) rather than by the objective forms ( me; you; him; her; it; us; them ): The landlord objected to my (not me ) having guests late at night. Several readers were delighted at the author's (not author ) taking a stand on the issue. In standard practice, however, both objective and possessive forms appear before gerunds. Possessives are more common in formal edited writing, but the occurrence of objective forms is increasing; in informal writing and speech objective forms are more common: Many objections have been raised to the government (or government's ) allowing lumbering in national parks. “Does anyone object to me (or my ) reading this report aloud?” the moderator asked. Words nearby memdnt., MDR, MDS, mdse., MDT, me, M.E.A., meacon, mea culpa, mead, Meade Definition for me (2 of 5)Me abbreviation Chemistry.methyl. Definition for me (3 of 5)ME abbreviationMaine (approved especially for use with zip code). Middle East. Middle English. Also M.E. Definition for me (4 of 5)Me. Maine. Definition for me (5 of 5)M.E. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for me (1 of 6)me1 / (miː, unstressed mɪ) / pronoun (objective)refers to the speaker or writerthat shocks me; he gave me the glass (when used an an indirect object) mainly US a dialect word for myself I want to get me a car nouninformal the personality of the speaker or writer or something that expresses itthe real me comes out when I'm happy Word Origin for meOld English mē (dative); compare Dutch, German mir, Latin mē (accusative), mihi (dative) British Dictionary definitions for me (2 of 6)me2 / (miː) / nouna variant spelling of mi British Dictionary definitions for me (3 of 6)me3 the internet domain name forMontenegro British Dictionary definitions for me (4 of 6)Me the chemical symbol forthe methyl group British Dictionary definitions for me (5 of 6)ME abbreviation forBritish Dictionary definitions for me (6 of 6)Me. abbreviation forMaine 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 Idioms and Phrases with meme see dear me; so help me. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Medical definitions for meME abbr.medical examiner The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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