them是什么意思

them

英 [eem; e?m] 美 [e?m]

them 他們

來自 they 的賓格形式，比較 he,him.

them: them: [12] The Old English set of forms of the third person plural pronoun was hīe, hiera, and him. These were replaced at the end of the Old English period by they, their, and them, which came from Old Norse, but the colloquial ’em for them is a lineal descendant of him.
=> their, they
them (pron.): third person plural pronoun, c. 1200, from Old Norse teim, dative of plural personal and demonstrative pronoun teir (see they). Replaced Old English cognate him, heom.

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。

2. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.: 很可能他已經告訴他們自己擁有美國商業利益.

3. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.: 他們進門時一陣香味撲鼻而來。

4. If they value these data, let them pay for them.: 他們要是看重這些數據，就讓他們出錢買。

5. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.: 他命令他們把幾個枕頭疊放在自己的背后。