our: [OE] Our is the English member of the common Germanic family of first person plural possessive forms, which also includes German unser and Dutch onze. They all come from the same prehistoric base, *ons, as produced English us. => us
our (pron.)
Old English ure "of us," genitive plural of the first person pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *ons (cognates: Old Saxon usa, Old Frisian use, Old High German unsar, German unser, Gothic unsar "our"), from PIE *nes-, oblique case of personal pronoun in first person plural (source of Latin nos "we," noster "our"). Also compare ours. Ourselves (late 15c.), modeled on yourselves, replaced original construction we selfe, us selfum, etc.
雙語例句
1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
我們活著是為了什麽？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。
來自《傲慢與偏見》
2. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
毒品是破壞我們社會的一大禍害。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.
我們的旅遊報價和那些度假手冊裏的價格相去甚遠。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.
我們大多數航班行李限重為每位乘客44磅。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.