them

pron.

1. 他们；她们；它们
   used when referring to people, animals or things as the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
   1. Tell them the news.
      把这消息告诉他们。
   2. What are you doing with those matches? Give them to me.
      你拿那些火柴做什么？把它们交给我。
   3. Did you eat all of them?
      你都吃光了吗？
   4. It's them.
      是他们。
2. （指性别不详的人时，用以代替him或her）
   used instead of him or her to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known
   1. If anyone comes in before I get back, ask them to wait.
      如果在我回来之前有人来，就请他等一等。

Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition. them 是第三人称复数代词，用作动词或介词的宾语。


1. PRON-PLURAL 他们;她们;它们
   You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
   1. The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them...
      甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。
   2. Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong...
      如今的孩子没人告诉他们什么是对什么是错。
   3. She let the dogs into the house and fed them...
      她把狗放进屋，给它们喂食。
   4. His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
      我能看出他的深色袜子上有道条纹。
2. PRON-PLURAL (代替 him or her，而不指明是男是女;有人认为这种用法不对)
   You use them instead of 'him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
   1. It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
      面对自己的孩子，告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。
3. DET 那些(不规范口语中代替those)
   In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of 'those'.
   1. 'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
      “咱家比利不吃那些东西，”海伦说。

1. We believe them to be hidden here in this apartment
   我们相信他们就被藏在这套公寓里。
2. We cannot boss them into doing more
   我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。
3. We'll have more than one child, and one of them's bound to be a boy.
   我们会有不止一个孩子，而且其中一定有个男孩。
4. You can't think how glad I was to see them all go
   你都想象不到，我看到他们全都走了，心里是多么高兴。
5. You can commission them to paint something especially for you.
   你可以委托他们专门为你画点什么。
6. They know the sport inside out, and we treat them with the respect they deserve
   他们对这项体育运动了如指掌，我们也给予了他们应有的尊重。
7. You must continue to see them no matter how much you may disagree with them
   无论你和他们之间有多大的分歧，你都得继续去看他们。
8. We entered into meaningful discussions with them weeks ago
   几周前，我们和他们进行了意义深远的讨论。
9. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
   很多人可能已经原谅了他们逃避责任的行为。
10. My children want me with them for Christmas Day, but I can't face it
    我的孩子们想要我跟他们一起过圣诞节，但我办不到。
11. I wanted them to get a fair deal
    我希望他们得到公平的待遇。
12. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them
    有时，我临场发挥改了词，因为我把原来的词给忘了。
13. I think they got freaked by women laughing at them.
    我想他们被那些嘲笑他们的女人搞得不知所措了。
14. Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
    请告诉我们你对我们所了解的这些事实的本能反应。
15. They want to let them know that they are safe
    他们想让他们知道他们安全无事。
16. I had prepared for the meeting by putting down what I wanted from them.
    我已为会议做了准备，写下了我想从他们那里得到的东西。
17. My people come to work and I get them all revved up.
    我的手下都来工作了，而且我让他们都做好了准备。
18. They have gathered the best statistics they can find and run them through their own computers.
    他们已经尽力搜集了数据，并将它们输入了自己的计算机。
19. If you are smoking in front of the children then you are setting them a bad example.
    如果你在孩子们面前抽烟，那你就给他们树立了一个坏榜样。
20. I should be happy if you would bring them this evening
    如果今晚你将他们带来的话，我会很高兴。
21. I tried them on and they were the right size.
    我试穿了一下，大小正合适。
22. They swore at them and ran off.
    他们骂了他们后就跑掉了。
23. The Beatles — I never get tired of listening to them
    甲壳虫乐队——我是百听不厌。
24. Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong
    如今的孩子没人告诉他们什么是对什么是错。
25. She let the dogs into the house and fed them
    她把狗放进屋，给它们喂食。
26. His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
    我能看出他的深色袜子上有道条纹。
27. It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
    面对自己的孩子，告诉他们真相是需要很大勇气的。
28. 'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
    “咱家比利不吃那些东西，”海伦说。