them

pron. 他们；它们；她们

n. (Them)人名；(老)探

中文词源

them 他们

来自 they 的宾格形式，比较 he,him.

them: 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 þeim, dative of plural personal and demonstrative pronoun þeir (see they). Replaced Old English cognate him, heom.

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

2. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.: 很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益.

3. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.: 他们进门时一阵香味扑鼻而来。

5. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.: 他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。