Person和People都指人，有什么区别呢？person是单数，指一个人。
People是复数，一般指一群人。
但是，person也会出现复数形式：persons。
就比如在电梯墙壁上写着“Maximum 13 persons”的标识语。
那么，同样表示复数，persons和people有什么区别呢？什么时候用persons？In the past, persons referred to a specific number of individuals, whereas people was used in a more general sense.过去，persons指具体数量的人，而people用来表达更加笼统宽泛的意思。
You would not use persons in reference to groups of large or indeterminate size, such as a room full of children, the crowd at a basketball game, or the population of Shanghai.表达较大数量人群或不确定数量的人群时，不可以用persons。
例如，充满孩子的屋子，篮球比赛的观赛人群，或者上海的人口。
Today, the use of persons has narrowed to specific phrases, usually in a legal or law enforcement context.现在，persons的用法变得更加有限，只在个别短语中使用，通常是法律法规的条文中。
If you have a small, specific number, like three bank robbers or two runaway children, you might choose to say persons of interest or missing persons instead, as the case may be.如果你想表达的是一个较小的、具体的数字，比如三个银行劫匪或者两个走丢的孩子，你可以说persons of interest (嫌疑犯)，或者missing persons（走丢人口）。
例如：The police are searching for three persons of interest in connection with the armed robbery of a bank Tuesday night.警方正在搜寻与周四的银行持械抢劫案有关的几名嫌疑犯。
Outside of these situations, persons is not commonly used.除开以上这几种情况外，persons一般很少用到。
什么时候用people？People, as a plural noun, refers to two or more individuals.People，作为复数名词，指代两个或两个以上的人。
If Keri is a person and Chris is a person, then Keri and Chris are two people.如果Keri是一个人，Chris是一个人，那么Keri和Chris是两个人（people）。
People can be used in reference to any group of two or more individuals.People可以用来指代任意一个两人或以上的群体。
例句：Because the weather was so bad, only 700 people attended the baseball game.因为天气太差，只有700人参加了这场棒球比赛。
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