有關英文單字問題

一個英文字通常有多個解釋

people - 人們, 公民, 人類 (noun - plural)
People are men, women and children
People is normally used as the plural form of person It takes a plural verb.
Many people have lost their homes.

people 有另外的解釋
people - 種族, 種族, 部落, 人民 (countable noun, singular)
A people is a nation, race, tribe or community.
In this case, people is singular, with plural peoples.

English-speaking peoples (包括英國人, 美國人, 加拿大, 澳洲人, .新西蘭人,....)
British people, American people, Canadian people, Australian people, ....)
... the native peoples of Central America and South America
-- the peoples of Africa = 非洲各民族

people ~ singular, plural
peoples, the people ~ plural
person ~ singular
persons ~ plural

persons 和 people 有什麼不同?
很細微的不同
The basic difference between persons and people is that persons is usually used when speaking of a number of people that can be counted and people is used when speaking of a large number or uncounted number of individuals.


2015-06-02 02:57:57 補充：
correction
nation = 民族, 國家

The Free Dictionary:
'peoples'
When you are referring to several countries, tribes, or races, you can use the plural form peoples.