| 词组 | they |
| 释义 | they They is used as the subject of a verb. You use they to refer to people or things that have just been mentioned or whose identity is known. All universities have chancellors. They are always rather senior people. The women had not expected a visitor and they were in their everyday clothes. Note that when the subject of a sentence is followed by a relative clause, you do not use they in front of the main verb. You do not say, for example, 'The people who live next door, they keep pigs'. You say 'The people who live next door keep pigs'. Two children who were rescued by their father from a fire are in a critical condition in hospital. Behind him two girls who had been following him came to a halt. They is sometimes used to refer to people in general, or to a group of people whose identity is not actually stated. Isn't that what they call love? In Bradford, they put special teachers in areas with a high percentage of immigrants. For more information about this use, see entry at ↑ You can also use they instead of 'he or she' to refer to an individual person whose sex is not known or not stated. I was going to stay with a friend, but they were ill. For more information about this use, see entry at ↑ ◊ WARNING You do not use they with 'are' to say that a number of things exist or are in a particular place. You do not say, for example, 'They are two bottles of wine in the fridge'. You say 'There are two bottles of wine in the fridge'. There are always plenty of jobs to be done. There are about 80 books in the library. See entry at ↑ |
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