people

noun

1. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

e.g. old people
there were at least 200 people in the audience

2. members of a family line

e.g. his people have been farmers for generations
are your people still alive?

3. the body of citizens of a state or country

e.g. the Spanish people

Synonym: citizenry

4. the common people generally

e.g. separate the warriors from the mass
power to the people

Synonym: multitudemassesmasshoi polloithe great unwashed

verb

1. fill with people

e.g. Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes

2. furnish with people

e.g. The plains are sparsely populated

1. 人，人们（通常用作person的复数）
People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'.

people的解释

e.g. Millions of people have lost their homes.
数百万人流离失所。
e.g. ...the people of Angola.
安哥拉人

2. （与政府或上流社会相对的）人民，民众，大众
The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes.

e.g. ...the will of the people.
人民的意愿
e.g. ...a tremendous rift between the people and their leadership.
民众和领导层之间的巨大裂痕

3. 一国人民；民族；种族
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.

e.g. ...the native peoples of Central and South America...
中南美洲的土著民族
e.g. It's a triumph for the American people.
这是美国人民的胜利。

4. 居住在；定居于
If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.

e.g. It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.
那里住着一个与世隔绝的种族，人们都是爱好和平的佛教徒。
e.g. ...a small town peopled by lay workers and families.
普通工人和家庭居住的小镇

5. （某种类型的人）出现，存在，充斥于（故事或历史时期）
If something such as a story or a time in history is peopled with people of a particular kind, those people occur or exist in it.

e.g. Grass's novels are peopled with outlandish characters...
格拉斯的小说里都是些稀奇古怪的人物。
e.g. British history of the 19th century is peopled by energetic reformers...
19世纪英国史上积极改革者层出不穷。