those

1. DET You use those to refer to people or things which have already been mentioned. 那些 (指已提及的人或物)

Witnesses said that two people were killed, but those accounts could not be confirmed. 目擊者說兩人遇害，但那些說法都沒法得到證實(shí)。

2. PRON Those is also a pronoun. 那些

I understand that there are a number of projects going on. Could you tell us a little bit about those?

我知道有一些項(xiàng)目正在進(jìn)行之中。你能給我們簡單談?wù)勀切╉?xiàng)目嗎？

3. DET You use those when you are referring to people or things that are a distance away from you in position or time, especially when you indicate or point to them. 那些 (指在空間或時間上離說話者稍遠(yuǎn)的人或物)

What are those buildings?

那些建筑物是什么？

4. PRON Those is also a pronoun. 那些

I like these but not those. 我喜歡這些，而不是那些。

Those are nice shoes. Where'd you get them?

那些鞋子很不錯。你在哪兒買的？

5. DET You use those to refer to someone or something when you are going to give details or information about them. 那些 (指將要詳細(xì)談到的人或物)[正式]

Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners. 那些拿起武器自衛(wèi)的人是些政治犯。

6. PRON You use those to introduce more information about something already mentioned, instead of repeating the noun which refers to it. 那些 (對已提及事物作補(bǔ)充說明以免重復(fù))[正式]

The interests he is most likely to enjoy will be those which enable him to show off himself or his talents. 他最有可能感興趣的，是那些能讓他自我炫耀或賣弄才華的事情。

7. PRON You use those to mean "people." 人們

A little selfish behaviour is unlikely to cause real damage to those around us. 有點(diǎn)兒自私的行為不太可能對我們周圍的人們造成真正的傷害。

8. DET You use those when you refer to things that you expect the person you are talking to to know about or when you are checking that you are both thinking of the same people or things. 那些 (指雙方均了解的人或事物)

He did buy me those daffodils a week or so ago. 他確實(shí)在大約一周前給我買了那些水仙花。