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 teim, dative of plural personal and demonstrative pronoun teir (see they). Replaced Old English cognate him, heom.
雙語例句
1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。
來自《傲慢與偏見》
2. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
很可能他已經(jīng)告訴他們自己擁有美國商業(yè)利益.
來自柯林斯例句
3. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.
他們進門時一陣香味撲鼻而來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. If they value these data, let them pay for them.
他們要是看重這些數(shù)據(jù)，就讓他們出錢買。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.