people /ˈpiːpəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( peopling, peopled, peoples )

• 1. 

  N-PLURAL People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of , instead of "persons." 人们

  例：

  Millions of people have lost their homes.

  数百万人失去了家园。

  例：

  ...the people of Angola.

  …安哥拉人。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the military. 人民

  例：

  ...the will of the people.

  …人民的意愿。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT-COLL A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race. 国民; 民族

  例：

  ...the native peoples of Central and South America.

  …中美洲和南美洲的各本土民族。

• 4. 

  V-T If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there. 居住 [usu passive]

  例：

  It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.

  那里由极其独立的一群热爱和平的佛教徒居住着。