1.race重在指"种族、家族",指以肤色而分的人种,用the human race表示"人类".一般为单数,表示抽象含义,例如:
The human race is made up of all kinds of people who live on the earth.
2.human being表示"人、人类",有单复数形式,即可以用a human或humans表示区别于动物的"人"的含义。有时只用human或being.例如:
Men and women are human beings.
3.man与mankind相同,作"人类"时是单数,没有复数形式,不加冠词,表示具体的男女老少。作主语时谓语动词用单数形式,例如:
Man can conquer nature. We have found new resources for mankind.
另外,man和woman还可以用来表示一般的男人和女人,都为可数名词。
4.person表示个体的人,为可数名词,包括性别、男女、老少,例如:a man, a woman, a child等;复数形式为people;people有时还可作"家人、亲属"的意思;作单数可数名词时为"民族、种族"的意思,例如:
A/Some person is waiting for you.
You must come home with me and meet my people.
The Chinese are an industrious people and there are 56 peoples in China.
5.folk是集体名词,表示"家里人、人(们)"的意思,folk和folks都可以用来表示复数的含义,作主语时谓语动词用复数形式,例如:
Some folk(s) like beer and some don't.
folk用作形容词,作定语,意思为"民间的",如:a folk story/music.
6.fellow指"人、家伙",(口语),专指男性,复数为-s,接近于guy(s),例如:
What a nice fellow he is!
We were fellows at school.
作定语时意思为"同伴的、同事的",如:
a fellow worker, two fellow travellers.
7.creature用来指人时含有怜爱、轻蔑的感情色彩,例如:
They are all lovely creature.
What a despicable creature!