these

these — determiner

1. used with plural nouns to point to people or things that are physically close to

1.限定詞A1
釋義

used with plural nouns to point to people or things that are physically close to the speaker, or that the speaker has just mentioned or is about to mention.

例句

Aoi has been reading these books every evening before bed.

these + plural noun for temporal proximity

Can you help Karim carry these boxes up the stairs?

these + plural noun for physically close objects

反義詞
  • those

    those refers to things farther away, while these refers to things nearby

文法句型

these + plural noun

these + plural noun + verb (plural agreement)

用法筆記

These is the plural form of this. Use these with plural countable nouns; use this with singular nouns. For things that are farther away, use those instead.

常見錯誤

❌These book is interesting.
✅These books are interesting.
💡these must be followed by a plural noun and a plural verb.
❌I like this apples.
✅I like these apples.
💡use these (not this) before a plural noun.