after personal pronoun or a noun referring to a person to form the plural in personification after a noun referring to an object or an animal to form the plural after the name of a person to mean people of the same kind, or to mean his or her associates
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
人生就应该是快乐的,要抓住每一天,孩子们,让你们的生活变得非凡起来。
—— 给力词典精选Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。
—— 柯林斯例句Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.
专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。
—— 柯林斯例句I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.
队友们经常开我的玩笑。
—— 柯林斯例句But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。
—— 柯林斯例句