英文mortal

mortal n.人，凡人 ，普通人 复数 mortals英文解释就是a human being的意思。human being也可表示“人类”，它是可数名词，有单复数之分。其意义比较具体，它一般用来区别人以外的事物，特别是动物或者是“神”，“鬼”之类。例如：Without its light and warmth there would be neither plants nor animals nor human beings. 没有光和热，就不可能有植物，动物，也不可能有人类。Although the Negroes were human beings just like the whites, they were not treated as humanbeing. 尽管黑人和白人一样都是属于人类，但是他们并没有被当作人对待。man一般以单数形式出现（现在也有人以复数men表示“人类”），其前不能置任何限定词，其相应的代词应是he, him, his, himself。例如：The changes between the states have been used by man to work for him since ancient times. 自古以来，人类就利用这两种状态的变化为自己服务。Engels pointed out a hundred years ago that labour created man himself. 恩格斯一百多年以前就指出，劳动创造了人类本身。