him: [OE] Him was originally the dative case of Old English hē ‘he’, which in the late Old English period gradually started to take over from the original accusative hine as the general object form (the ’un or ’n still occasionally found in southern English dialects for ‘him’ may represent the last vestiges of this). The dative ending -m is also found in, for example, German ihm (dative of er ‘he’) and Dutch hem. => he
him (pron.)
Old English him, originally dative masculine and neuter of he; beginning 10c. it replaced hine as masculine accusative, a regional process completed by 15c. The dative roots of the -m ending are retained in German (ihm) and Dutch (hem). Hine persists, barely, as the southern England dialectal 'un, 'n for "him."
雙語例句
1. She studied him for the longest time, looking wryly amused.
她面帶苦笑，盯著他看了很長時間。
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2. I would prefer him to be with us next season.
我更希望他下一個賽季和我們在一起。
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3. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him.
查爾斯頓慘敗錯不在他。
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4. I'll report back the moment I have located him.
我一找到他就馬上匯報。
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5. He claimed that the businessman had conned him of ￡10,000.