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we

PRON เรา  คนเรา  พวกเรา  rao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WE

pron. plu. of I; or rather a different word, denoting the person speaking and another or others with him. I and John, the speaker calls we, or I and John and Thomas; or I and many others. In the objective case, us. We is used to express men in general, including the speaker. Vice seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WE

We, pron. ; pl. of I. [Poss. Our (our ) or Ours (; obj. Us (. See I.]Etym: [As. w; akin to OS. wi, OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. v, Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. sq. root19 .]

 

Defn: The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb.

 

Note: We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc. , in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 12 .

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

we

we |wi | pronoun [ first person plural ] 1 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together: shall we have a drink? used to refer to the speaker together with other people regarded in the same category: nobody knows kids better than we teachers do. people in general: we should eat as varied and well-balanced a diet as possible. 2 used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself: in this section we discuss the reasons. 3 used condescendingly to refer to the person being addressed: how are we today? ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wij and German wir .

 

Oxford Dictionary

we

we |wiː | pronoun [ first person plural ] 1 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together: shall we have a drink? used to refer to the speaker together with other people regarded in the same category: nobody knows kids better than we teachers do. people in general: we should eat as varied and well-balanced a diet as possible. W. Indian us or our: thought you wasn't coming to look for we. 2 used in formal contexts for or by a royal person, or by a writer or editor, to refer to himself or herself: in this section we discuss the reasons for this decision. 3 used condescendingly to refer to the person being addressed: how are we today? ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wij and German wir .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

we

we /wi , ⦅強 ⦆wiː /代名詞 (!人称代名詞; 一人称 複数 主格 ) 1 a. 〖話し手と第三者 〗私たちは [が ], 当方は [], 私どもは [] (!この意味ではweに聞き手は含まれない ) We're going to spend our vacation in Hawaii .僕たちは休暇をハワイで過ごすつもりです Dad, can we go (and ) see a movie? パパ, 映画を観に行っていい?My sister and I were tired when we came home .家に帰った時, 妹と私は疲れていた We are a large family .うちは大家族です (≒Our family is large. /Ours is a large family. )b. 〖話し手と聞き手 〗私たちは [が ], 我々は []Shall we dance? 踊りましょうか 語法 1 一人称複数 所有格our, 目的格us, 所有代名詞ours, 再帰代名詞ourselves .2 weがだれかを明確にする語句がweの直後に添えられることがある We all know about that .我々は皆そのことについては知っている We kids love TV .僕たち子供はテレビが好きだ 3 ⦅くだけて 主に話 ⦆ではweの前にMe and A (, ) (!Aは人 ) を置いてweを明確にすることもある Me and Larry, we worked hard .私とラリーは一生懸命働いた 2 〖総称的に 〗(特定の集団の一員として )我々は We live in a throw-away society .我々は使い捨て社会の中で生活している (!使い捨て社会で生活していない人々もいることを暗示; 語法 ) We've got to fight for our rights .我々は自分の権利を得るために闘わなければならない (!You've got to fight for your rights. は指導的立場の人の発言 ) 語法 weは話し手を含む特定の集団を意識する言い方で, 通例逆の立場の集団 (they )が存在することを暗示する. 特定の集団を意識せずに一般論を述べる場合はpeople, ⦅話 ややくだけた書 ⦆you, かたく oneを用いる方が普通 .3 〖話し手と同所属 同席 私たちは (!状況に応じて 「当地 」「ここ 」「わが社 」「当店 」「当列車 」「このバス 」などに相当する; 特に訳さないことも多い ) We got a lot of snow last winter .(当地では )去年の冬は雪が多かった (!その土地に住んでいるのではなく訪れているだけであればThey …となる ) We are open 24 hours .当店は24時間営業です 4 ⦅書 ⦆〖書き手の立場で; 編集者のwe 〗我々は (!単独または複数の書き手が書き手自身をさす場合, 書き手および読者をさす場合, 一般の人をさす場合がある; 単独の書き手をさす場合, 書き手自身に関心が集中するのを避けるためにIの代わりに用いる; 2 ) In this chapter we will examine three aspects of health .この章では健康の3つの側面について検討します (!weは書き手自身をさす ) as we noticed in section 2 第2節で我々が注目したように (!weは書き手と読者をさす ) 5 ⦅話 ⦆〖親身になって 〗(子供 病人 顧客 視聴者などに )あなたは [] (!教師 医者 看護師 専門家などが親密な関係を築くためyouの代わりに用いる ) How are we (feeling ) today, Mr. Wilson? ウィルソンさん, 具合はいかがですか 6 かたく 〖君主の立場で; 君主のwe 〗私は [], 余は [] (!君主が公式の場でIの代わりに用いる ) We are not amused .私にはおもしろくありません (!英国ヴィクトリア女王の言葉として有名; 現在の英エリザベス女王は自分のことはI, 君主としてはMy Governmentなどと称している )