those: [OE] Originally, those was the plural of this. It did not move across to that until the Middle English period, gradually replacing its previous plural thō. The game of musical chairs was completed by these, which was a new formation based on this. => this
those (pron.)
c. 1300, Midlands and southern variant of Old English þas, nominative and accusative plural of þes, þeos "this" (see this). A collateral form of these, now used as the plural of that.
雙語例句
1. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
最幸福的人們並不一定什麽都是最好,隻是他們懂得欣賞生活的美好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. I clearly empathize with the people who live in those neighborhoods.
我非常同情生活在那些地方的人們。
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. They hadn't invented sequencers back in those days, had they?
那時他們還沒有發明出測序儀,是吧?
來自柯林斯例句
5. The weather was unkind to those pipers who played in the morning.