记忆方法
1、them 不是古英语传下来的，它借自北欧语 þeim，是 þeir(他们)的与格形式；they、their、them 是同一批借词，一起把古英语的 hīe、hiera、him 顶了下去。
2、被顶掉的古英语 him 只活在口语缩写里：tell em、catch em 写作 'em 的那一支才是亲生的老词。
3、they、their、them 三个一起记：主格、所有格、宾格，正好对应 he、his、him。
2、被顶掉的古英语 him 只活在口语缩写里：tell em、catch em 写作 'em 的那一支才是亲生的老词。
3、they、their、them 三个一起记：主格、所有格、宾格，正好对应 he、his、him。
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中文词源
them 他们
来自 they 的宾格形式，比较 he,him.
英语词源
- them
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them: [12] The Old English set of forms of the third person plural pronoun was hīe, hiera, and him. These were replaced at the end of the Old English period by they, their, and them, which came from Old Norse, but the colloquial ’em for them is a lineal descendant of him.
=> their, they - them (pron.)
- third person plural pronoun, c. 1200, from Old Norse þeim, dative of plural personal and demonstrative pronoun þeir (see they). Replaced Old English cognate him, heom.
权威例句
- 1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
- 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。
- 2. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
- 很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益.
- 3. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.
- 他们进门时一阵香味扑鼻而来。
- 4. If they value these data, let them pay for them.
- 他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。
- 5. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.
- 他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。