| 单词 | 人的总称 |
| 释义 | 〔elderly〕pl. elderly (used with a pl. verb)Older people considered as a group. Often used withthe : 【复数】 elderly （与复数动词连用）对老年人的总称：被当作群体看待的老年人，经常与定冠词the 连用： 〔he〕Beginning early in the 20th century, however,the traditional usage has come under increasing criticismfor reflecting and perpetuating gender discrimination. ·Defenders of the traditional usage have argued that the masculine pronounshe, his, and him can be used generically to refer to men and women. This analysis of the generic use ofhe is linguistically doubtful.Ifhe were truly a gender-neutral form, we would expect that it could be used to refer to the members of any group containing both men and women.But in fact the English masculine form is an odd choice when it refers to a female member of such a group.There is something plainly disconcerting about sentences such as 可是从20世纪早期起，传统用法不断受到指责，因为它反映并长久维持性别歧视。传统用法辩护者认为阳性代词he，his 和 him 可以用来指代男人和女人的总称。 有关he 的属性用法的分析， 从语言学角度上来说，是有疑问的。如果he 果真是一个中性形式， 我们猜想它可以用来指代任何包含有男人和女人的群体中的成员。但事实上，在英语中用阳性形式来指代上述一群体中的女性成员构成一种很奇特的选择。如下面这个句子中明显存在使人困窘之处： 〔salespeople〕Persons who are employed to sell merchandise in a store or in a designated territory.售货员：在商店或指定地区卖东西的人的总称〔royalty〕Monarchs and their families considered as a group.王族：国王及其家人的总称〔old〕Old people considered as a group. Used withthe : 老人的总称，与the 连用： 〔electorate〕A body of qualified voters.选举人：合格选举人的总称 |
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