our

英 [aʊə] 美['aʊɝ]

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our 我们的

来自古英语ure,我们的，来自Proto-Germanic*ons,来自PIE*nes,我们的第一人称复数斜格，词源同us,nostalgia,nostrum.

our: our: [OE] Our is the English member of the common Germanic family of first person plural possessive forms, which also includes German unser and Dutch onze. They all come from the same prehistoric base, *ons, as produced English us.
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our (pron.): Old English ure "of us," genitive plural of the first person pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *ons (cognates: Old Saxon usa, Old Frisian use, Old High German unsar, German unser, Gothic unsar "our"), from PIE *nes-, oblique case of personal pronoun in first person plural (source of Latin nos "we," noster "our"). Also compare ours. Ourselves (late 15c.), modeled on yourselves, replaced original construction we selfe, us selfum, etc.

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

3. Our tour prices bore little resemblance to those in the holiday brochures.: 我们的旅游报价和那些度假手册里的价格相去甚远。

4. Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.: 我们大多数航班行李限重为每位乘客44磅。

5. It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.: 让我们各自的利益相吻合很重要。