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单词 us
释义 us
\(|)əs\ pronoun, objective case of we
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūs; akin to Old High German & Gothic uns us, Old Norse oss, Latin nos, Greek hēmas (Aeolic amme), Sanskrit nas, asmān
1. : we I 1:
 a.
  (1) — used as indirect object of a verb
   < give us this day our daily bread — Mt 6:11 (Authorized Version) >
  (2) obsolete — used as a vague indirect object simply to suggest the concern or involvement of a group including the one speaking or writing
   < they wounded us only one man — London Gazette >
 b. — used as object of a preposition
  < walking away from us >
  < men, women, all of us, just because we are human — Walter de la Mare >
 c. — used as direct object of a verb
  < they were visiting us >
 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 march tired the other platoon more than us >
  < the bank would rather give you a loan than us >
  < time has dealt as harshly with them as us >
 e. — used in absolute or elliptical constructions
  < who, us >
  especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle
  < it is best not to speak to him, us not knowing to what ideology his loyalty might or might not belong — Peggy Bennett >
 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
  < the miraculous generation which is us — Arnold Bennett >
  < you are bigger and stronger than us women — K.A.Menninger >
  < us and our little problems >
 g.
  (1) — used chiefly in substandard speech and formerly also by reputable writers as part of the compound subject of a verb or especially with an immediately following appositive noun as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede
   < our neighbors and us don't like that >
   < us kids were always given a swallow — Walter Karig >
  (2) chiefly dialect — used as the subject of a verb from which it is not separated by other words
   < us lived in a two-story house — Ralph Ellison >
 h. — used like the adjective our with a gerund by speakers and writers on all educational levels though disapproved by some grammarians
  < she approved of us getting summer jobs >
2. : ourselves, ourself — used reflexively as indirect object of a verb
 < we built us a shack by the lake >
object of a preposition
 < we'll take you with us >
or direct object of a verb
 < now we will divest us … of rule, interest of territory, cares of state — Shakespeare >
3.
 a. : me I 1 — used by kings and other sovereigns and by editors and other writers when we is used instead of I
  < what touches us ourself shall be last served — Shakespeare >
  — compare we I 2
 b. : me I 1 — used in ordinary situations by a speaker of any kind in reference to himself
  < give us a goodnight kiss — Richard Llewellyn >
4. : our ship
 < about to board us >
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