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.
双语例句
1. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
最幸福的人们并不一定什么都是最好，只是他们懂得欣赏生活的美好。
来自金山词霸 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们。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.
我们的旅游报价和那些度假手册里的价格相去甚远。
来自柯林斯例句
4. They hadn't invented sequencers back in those days, had they?
那时他们还没有发明出测序仪，是吧？
来自柯林斯例句
5. The weather was unkind to those pipers who played in the morning.
