our

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our 我們的

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)ure,我們的，來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*ons,來(lái)自PIE*nes,我們的第一人稱復(fù)數(shù)斜格，詞源同us,nostalgia,nostrum.

our: 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.
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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.

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當(dāng)笑柄，再反過(guò)來(lái)笑他們。

2. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.: 毒品是破壞我們社會(huì)的一大禍害。

3. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.: 我們的旅游報(bào)價(jià)和那些度假手冊(cè)里的價(jià)格相去甚遠(yuǎn)。

4. Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.: 我們大多數(shù)航班行李限重為每位乘客44磅。

5. It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.: 讓我們各自的利益相吻合很重要。