词组 | American |
释义 | - I'm learning/doing English/American English. (Not *making American English* *american english*) (= the language: proper noun, capital letter) - He's/She's American. (preferable to an American) (we generally prefer to use an adjectival complement; the noun form is an American) - They're American. (adjectival form) - They're Americans. (noun form) - I was just speaking to an American/two Americans. (their sex is not stated, though a pronoun will often show whether they are male or female) - (The) American people/(The) Americans are wonderfully hospitable. (= the group as a whole) (similarly to refer to people: African, Chilean, Costa Rican, Cuban, Korean, Latin American, Libyan, Mexican, Paraguayan, Ugandan, Venezuelan, Zimbabwean) |
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