Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #308
person
人；个人
a human being; an individual
- 1.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
被授予人格的个体；通常指人类。
- 2.
a human being
人
- 3.
The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
被视为与心灵、性格等相区别的身体。
- 4.
a human body (usually including the clothing)
人体(通常包括衣着)
- 5.
Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
具有出庭资格的任何个人或正式组织。
- 6.
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
语法范畴,用于代词、所有格限定词和动词形式的分类,区分说话者、受话者或第三方
- 7.
A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.
用于区分话语的说话者、听话者及被谈及者的语言范畴。见语法人称。
- 8.
A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
植物的嫩枝或芽；水螅虫纲、珊瑚虫纲等复合动物的个员或虫体；亦指高等动物中最狭义的个体。
- 9.
A soulmate; someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally compatible and connected.
灵魂伴侣；与自己极其投缘、心意相通的人,尤指恋人。
身体；人体；人称；法律主体；法人；灵魂伴侣；知心爱人；嫩芽；个员
In use
Every person in the room stood up when the teacher entered.
She is the kind of person who always helps others.
There was only one person waiting at the bus stop.
there was too much for one person to do
a weapon was hidden on his person
stop talking about yourself in the third person
a [adj] person
形容词修饰person，描述人的特征。
She is a kind person.
她是一个善良的人。
the person [relative clause]
定语从句限定具体的人。
Connections
Collocations
- in person
- 亲自；本人
- You need to come in person to sign the contract.你需要亲自来签合同。
- person of interest
- 利害关系人；嫌疑人
- The police named him as a person of interest in the case.警方将他列为案件中的利害关系人。
- person to person
- 人与人之间的；直接的
- They prefer person-to-person communication rather than email.他们更喜欢人与人之间的直接交流，而不是电子邮件。
- people person
- 善于交际的人
- She's a real people person and makes friends easily.她非常善于交际，很容易交到朋友。
- first person
- 第一人称
- The novel is written in the first person.这部小说是用第一人称写的。
- third person
Learner notes
Memory Tip
person拆成per（每）和son（儿子），每个儿子都是一个人。
Context & Register
通常适用于所有语境，中性词汇。
Grammar Note
复数形式有 persons（正式）和 people（常用）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling ending '-son' but have different stressed vowels; none rhyme with 'person' (/ˈpɜːsən/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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