pronoun
pronoun — 名詞
- pronounsingular
- pronounsplural
1. A short word — for example 'he', 'she', 'it', 'they', 'we', 'who', or 'this' — u
代名詞
用來代替名詞或名詞片語的字
A short word — for example 'he', 'she', 'it', 'they', 'we', 'who', or 'this' — used to point back to a name, an object, or a longer wording already mentioned, so the speaker does not have to repeat it.
Rodrigo asked the class to underline every pronoun in the short story.
Rodrigo 請全班把這篇短篇小說裡的每個代名詞畫線。
common collocation: underline / circle a pronoun
The word 'they' is a pronoun that can stand for one person or many people.
「they」這個字是個代名詞，可以代表一個人，也可以代表很多人。
metalinguistic frame: 'the word X is a pronoun'
In the sentence 'Marta lost her keys', the pronoun 'her' refers back to Marta.
在「Marta lost her keys」這句話裡，代名詞「her」指的就是 Marta。
Chinese learners often skip the pronoun at the start of an English sentence.
中文母語的學習者常常會漏掉英文句首的代名詞。
Yasmin highlighted each pronoun in green to see how often they appeared.
Yasmin 把每個代名詞都用綠色標起來，看看它們出現的頻率。
用法筆記
Subject is usually a teacher, learner, or grammar text; the word being labelled is named in single quotes or italics. Often paired with verbs like 'use', 'replace', 'refer to', 'stand for'.
常見錯誤
2. The set of words like 'he/him', 'she/her', or 'they/them' that someone wants oth
性別代稱
個人選擇他人指稱自己時使用的代名詞
The set of words like 'he/him', 'she/her', or 'they/them' that someone wants other people to use when talking about them, matching how that person sees their own gender.
Quinn put their pronouns on the name badge so new colleagues would get it right.
Quinn 把自己的性別代稱寫在名牌上，讓新同事不會叫錯。
typical context: pronouns on a badge / email signature
Before the meeting, Eli quietly told the team that their pronouns were they/them.
開會前，Eli 悄悄跟團隊說，自己的性別代稱是 they/them。
collocation: someone's pronouns are X/X
Many schools now ask new students which pronouns they would like teachers to use.
現在許多學校都會問新生希望老師使用哪一組性別代稱。
Omar updated the pronouns in his work email signature after coming out to his family.
Omar 向家人出櫃後，更新了工作信箱簽名檔裡的性別代稱。
It is polite to ask about someone's pronouns rather than guess from how they look.
比起從外表猜測，禮貌的做法是直接詢問對方的性別代稱。
用法筆記
Almost always plural ('my pronouns are', 'her pronouns are'). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about a person's chosen pronouns as a social marker, not about the grammatical category as a whole.