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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

person ['pəːsn]
  1. 1. noun [c]
    in person
    [appear,collect,sing+] 亲自
    on {or} about one's person
    带在身上
    first/second/third person
    第一/二/三人称

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

person [ˈpərsən]
  1. 1. n.[c] 人;个人
    There was too much for one person to do.
    事情太多,一个人做不了
  2. 2. n.[c] 人体身体
    A weapon was hidden on his person.
    身上藏有一件武器
  3. 3. n.[c] [Grammar] 人称
    Stop talking about yourself in the third person.
    不要第三人称谈论你自己
  4. 4. n.[c] 本人自身

Collins English-English Dictionary

person ['p3ːsən]
  1. 1. n an individual human being
  2. 2. n the body of a human being, sometimes including his or her clothing
    guns hidden on his person
  3. 3. n a grammatical category into which pronouns and forms of verbs are subdivided depending on whether they refer to the speaker, the person addressed, or some other individual, thing, etc
  4. 4. n a human being or a corporation recognized in law as having certain rights and obligations
  5. 5. n [Philosophy] a being characterized by consciousness, rationality, and a moral sense, and traditionally thought of as consisting of both a body and a mind or soul
  6. 6. n [Archaic] a character or role; guise
  7. 7. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French persone, from Latin persona mask, perhaps from Etruscan phersu mask
  8. 8. n [Usage] People is the word usually used to refer to more than one individual: there were a hundred people at the reception. Persons is rarely used, except in official English: several persons were interviewed

Examples

Of course he is the same person throughout. He is just like he was yesterday and yester year —definitely, he is the same person.
当然他始终是同一个人。他和昨天及昨年的他一样-他肯定是同一个人。
HIV is not easily transmitted from person to person by shaking hands.
艾滋病一般不会通过握手传染。
My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me.
我觉得令人愉快的人……就是赞同我的人。
a person amenable to suggestion
听从意见的人
the person behind
在后面的人
a person of consequence
举足轻重的人
a cultivated person
有教养的人

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