有人向我提问,他读英文时事评论时遇到的them一词指何人何事,这问题提得很好。原句太长,不便照抄,我只好重新造句,虽改变文字,但仍保留核心。新例句是: A visitor to this country will encountermany things that will upset them. 死译:来到这个国家的一个访客将遇到很多事情会使他们不愉快。代词them似乎只能指visitor,却又是复数,怎么好跟单数visitor搭配?要 Someone asked me the question, which one he encountered when reading English current affairs commentary, which is a very good question. The original sentence is too long, inconvenient to copy, I had to re-sentence, although changing the text, but still retain the core. A new example is: A visitor to this country will encountermany things that will upset them. Death: A visitor to this country will encounter many things that will make them unhappy. The pronouns seem to be only referring to the visitor, but they are plural