hers是什么意思

hers

英 [h??z] 美 [h?z]

hers: c. 1300, hires, from her; a double possessive. Possessive pronouns in Modern English consist of the predicative (mine, thine, his, ours, yours, theirs) that come after the subject, and the attributive (my, thy, his, her, our, your, their) that come before it. In Old English and early Middle English, they were identical. To keep speech fluid, speakers began to affix an -n to the end of my and thy before words that began with vowels. This began late 13c. in the north of England, and by 1500 was standard.

Then the predicative and attributive pronouns split, and the pronouns in that class usually took up -s, the regular affix of possession. But the non-standard speech of the Midlands and south of England extended -n throughout (hisn, hern, yourn), a habit attested from 14c. and more regular than the standard speech, which mixes -s and -n.

1. Hers was a minor part, but she played it with gusto.: 她演的是個(gè)小角色，但是演得很投入。

2. Hers is the kind of voice that excels at vocal gymnastics.: 她的嗓音擅長演繹有難度的歌曲。

3. Nick's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.: 尼克慢慢向她低下頭去，直到他們的嘴唇碰在了一起。