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their

/thair; unstressed ther/US // ðɛər; unstressed ðər //UK // (ðɛə) //

他们的,它们的,他们,其

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Definitions

pron.代词 pronoun
  1. 1
    • : a form of the possessive case of plural they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun: their home;their rights as citizens;their departure for Rome.
    • : a form of the possessive case of singular they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun:: Someone left their book on the table.A parent should read to their child.: I’m glad my teacher last year had high expectations for their students.: My cousin Sam is bad at math, but their other grades are good.

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Examples

  • The force that inspires defiant videos and top-of-their-lungs screeching tweens is, in fact, a media-shy 43-year old Swedish… man.

  • There were housing projects, and some truly derelict hotels where the very-down-on-their-luck lived.

  • Issa is in the Republicans-lost-their-way camp, saying his party spent way too much in the Bush years.

  • One daring exception to this lineup of standees-by-their men was the second wife of Newt Gingrich.

  • I call that one: The Canadians-Are-Indeed-Nicer-and-Their-Side-of-the-Falls-More-Spectacular-Too One.

  • Again Rome had to gasp for breath, and again the two were fiercely locked-their corded arms as tense as serpents.

  • We may, however, settle it that Mr. Plan-others-their-work could put all the harvest he ever had in his waistcoat pocket!

  • Such was the education of the Spartans with regard to one of the greatest of their-kings.

  • Oak, hickory and beech—clean, vast, in-their-prime forest-men—with thorn and dogwood growing between.

  • In our desperate state, anything seemed fair in love or war with such hard, worth-their-weight-in-gold people.