學校教英文時,大多時候會告訴我們they是複數,指「他們」,這是對的!但是在不知道性別的情況下,they也可用作第三人稱單數使用。事實上從十四世紀開始,英語母語人士便將they當作性別中立的單數人稱代名詞了。在此提供例句:After a student completes their coursework, they take an exam. 還有:Who is on the phone? What do they want?
由於來電者性別不明,美國人便會很自然地用they當作單數人稱代名詞,在口語上特別常見。換作正式文件,可把整個句子改為複數:Students take exams after completing their coursework. 或更正式一點說:Who is on the phone? What does the caller want?
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In school, most English learners that the pronoun "they" refers to more than one person (in the plural), and that's correct! But, "they" can also be used to refer to a third person in the singular if the gender of the person is unknown. In fact, English speakers have used "they" as a gender-neutral singular pronoun since the 14th century.
Here's an example: "After a student completes their coursework, they take an exam." Or, as another example, "Who is on the phone? What do they want?" The gender of this student or caller is unknown, so an American English speaker will naturally use the singular pronoun "they," especially when speaking. If writing a formal document, they might get around this by editing the sentence to the plural, as in "Students take exams after completing their coursework," or by changing to a more formal register, as in "Who is on the phone? What does the caller want?"
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bum sb out = 讓某人失望
電影 #Avengers #Endgame, #復仇者聯盟:#終局之戰 精彩例句:
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Only thing bumming me out is the fact I have to live in a world without Captain America.
唯一讓我感到失望的事實是, 我得生活在一個沒有美國隊長的世界。
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「每日英文閱讀分享#004」
【contraction】
今天又是一個熟悉的字,
我們都常常看到contract或是contractor ,
但是,contract當動詞的用法,大家是否熟悉呢?
當contract變成動詞的時候,首先重音先從前面移到第二個音節
再來,主要的意思有三個:
1. the fact of something becoming smaller, shorter, or less.
2. to get illness
3. to make a legal agreement with sb for them to work for you or provide you with a service
猜猜看下列例句是什麼用法吧!(Adapted from Oxford Dictionary )
1) The heart muscles contract to expel the blood.
2) He contracted AIDS/ a virus.
3) Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.
重點回到本文例句:
The World Bank estimates a 5.2% contraction in global GDP in 2020, which will be the deepest recession the world has seen in decades.
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