peo·ple

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【释义】：

n．(❶ －❺ 集合名词，谓语动词用复数)
❶ (the people)人民：the Chinese people 中国人民．a people’swar人民战争．❷ (一些)人，人们：Several people are ill．有几个人生病了．The room is crowded with people．房间里挤满了人．❸ 一个地方的人，一个阶层的人：the people in the county这个县里的人．The labouring(or working) people are the masters of the country．劳动人民是国家的主人．❹ 民众，老百姓：The army and the people are one family．军民一家人．❺ 【口语】家人，近亲：How are your people?你家里人都好吗?❻ 民族，种族：the peoples of Europe欧洲各民族．a brave and industrious people 勤劳勇敢的民族．

－vt．使人民居住于：a thickly peopled district人口稠密的地区．