| 单词 | them |
| 释义 | them I. 1. a. — used as indirect object of a verb < men … who, as the fields and woods have given them birth, will build their savage fortunes only there — William Wordsworth > b. — used as object of a preposition < to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States — U.S. Constitution > c. — used as direct object of a verb < you do not have to understand someone in order to love them — Lawrence Durrell > < they say things are going from bad to worse, but for my part, let them say what they like > 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 < would hurt us as much as them > < giving you better terms than them > < easier for you than them > e. — used in absolute constructions especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle < them being my friends, I did as they asked > 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 is them > < we are as efficient as them > < did your parents say you could go? Not them > g. — used in substandard speech and formerly also by reputable writers as part of the compound subject of a verb < your safety, for the which myself and them bend their best studies — Shakespeare > h. — used like the adjective their with a gerund by speakers and writers on all educational levels though disapproved by some grammarians < whether there are any objections to them smoking — Noreen Routledge > 2. < the best of them that speak this speech — Shakespeare > — used as the subject of a verb in substandard speech, though formerly also by reputable writers < them that like that sort of thing are welcome to it > 3. < a folk that had founded them homes round wintry Dodona — W.B.Smith & Walter Miller > or object of a preposition < people that have their wits about them > or archaically as direct object of a verb < like bride and groom devesting them for bed — Shakespeare > II. substandard < take them dirty boots off — Helen Eustis > < them box pleats … is the latest thing — Ellen Glasgow > |
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