people作“人们”、“人类”解,是相对动物而言。people是集体名词,形式是单数,意义却是复数,故可以用two以上的数词修饰或其他的修饰语,其前面不用不定冠词a,但可加定冠词the people必须和复数第三人称的动词连用。其代词通常是they,them,their,theirs,themselves。例如:People living in the early years of this century could never hear of such things as television sets or tape-recorders.生活在本世纪初 People’s interpretation of “people” and “humanity” is relative to animals. People are collective nouns. The form is singular, but the meaning is plural. Therefore, you can use two or more modifiers or other modifiers. There is no indefinite article a in front of it, but you can add the definite article the people must and the plural third person. The verb is used in conjunction. Its pronoun is usually they,them,their,theirs,theseselves. For example: People living in the early years of this century could never hear of such things as television sets or tape-recorders.