these: [13] The Old English plural of this was thās or thōs. This evolved into those, which came to be used as the plural of that, and it was replaced as the plural of this by thise, formed from this with the plural ending -e, which in due course turned into these. => this
these (pron.)
Old English t?s, variant of tas (which became those and took the role of plural of that), nominative and accusative plural of tes, teos, tis "this" (see this). Differentiation of these and those is from late 13c. OED begins its long entry with the warning, "This word has a complicated history."
雙語例句
1. Issues such as these were not really his concern.
他其實并不關(guān)心諸如此類的問題。
來自柯林斯例句
2. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
這些文檔已經(jīng)進行了壓縮，以節(jié)省磁盤空間。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I was on my own and these fellows came along towards me.
我正一個人走著，一些家伙朝我走過來。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I recall many discussions with her on these and kindred topics.
我回想起多次同她就這些問題及類似話題進行的討論。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.