■ they

中国人常常一看 they 就想到“人”的“他们”，其实英文可以指事物。

• “Are there more questions?” There were several. They concerned the tactics to be employed...“还有什么问题吗？”大家又提出了几个问题。是有关要采取什么策略的…
• Years had passed, and apparently they had neither healed nor mellowed her anger.岁月过去了，但是看来并没有消除也没有缓和她的怒火。
• The younger Tamils insisted that Gandhian methods were of no use: they might have worked in India, but that was because they were used by a majority against the minority.年轻的泰米尔人坚持认为，甘地式的方法是没用的：这些办法在印度能够见效，但那是因为那是多数人用来对付少数人。

有人英译中时把不指人的 they 译成“它们”，不大符合中文的习惯。

• assertive
• assume
• assure
• assure 与 ensure
• astonish
• astound
• as well
• as well as
• as well...as
• as with
• at
• at
• at all
• at issue
• atmosphere
• at once
• at one's peril
• attention
• attention 与 caution
• at that
• at the cost of
• at the expense of
• attitude
• attitude
• attitude 与 posture