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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++I1 /aɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [used as the subject of a verb]  PERSON/PEOPLEused by the person speaking or writing to refer to himself or herself 我 I moved to this city six years ago. 六年前我搬到了这个城市。 I’m not late again, am I? 我没有又迟到吧？ My husband and I enjoy going to the theatre. 我和丈夫喜欢去剧院看戏。5 GRAMMAR 语法• Do not say ‘than I’. Say than me or than I am/do/have etc 不要说 ‘than I’. 而要说 than me 或 than I am/do/have etcThey were older than me OR 或 than I was.他们岁数比我大。• Do not say ‘I and Sarah/my friends etc’.Say Sarah/my friends etc and I 不要说 ‘I and Sarah/my friends etc’.要说 Sarah/my friends etc and IIn 1972, James and I moved to Tallahassee.1972年，我和詹姆斯搬去塔拉哈西生活。n GRAMMAR: Patterns with I• You say: Sarah and I went for coffee. ✗Don’t say: I and Sarah• In everyday English, you say that someone is older, younger, taller etc than me: They were older than me.• You can also say: They were older than I was.It sounds very formal to say than I.

Examples from the Corpus

I• I saw Mike yesterday.

Related topics: Letters & punctuation

I2, i /aɪ/ noun (plural I’s, i’s)  1. [countable, uncountable]SLA the ninth letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第九个字母2. SLA[countable] the number one in the system of roman numerals 〔罗马数字〕13. I-25, I-40 etcI-40 etc I-25 the name of an interstate (=important road between states in the US) 〔美国〕25号/40号等州际公路ni- /aɪ/ prefix [in nouns]nused in the names of some products or services that involve using the Internet iTunes (=trademark for a service allowing you to buy music over the Internet)

Related topics: Nationality & race, Geography

-i /-i/ suffix (plural -is) 1  [in nouns]SANSG a person from a particular country or place, or their language 某国的人；某地的人；某种语言 two Pakistanis 两个巴基斯坦人 speakers of Hindi 说印地语的人2  [in adjectives]SG of a particular place or country 某地的；某国的 Bengali food 孟加拉食品 the Israeli army 以色列军队

Examples from the Corpus

-i• speakers of Nepali• the Israeli ArmyOrigin I2 Old English ic

I1 pronoun →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2I2 nouni- prefix-i suffixLDOCE OnlineChinese  

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I¹ S1 W1 /aɪ/ pronoun [used as the subject of a verb]used by the person speaking or writing to refer to himself or herself:
    I moved to this city six years ago.
    I’m not late again, am I?
    My husband and I enjoy going to the theatre.
     
GRAMMAR
  Do not say 'than I'. Say than me or than I am/do/have etc:
  ▪ They were older than me OR than I was.
  Do not say 'I and Sarah/my friends etc'. Say Sarah/my friends etc and I:
  ▪ In 1972, James and I moved to Tallahassee.

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I² , i /aɪ/ noun (plural I’s, i’s)
1. [uncountable and countable] the ninth letter of the English alphabet
2. [countable] the number one in the system of roman numerals
3. I-25, I-40 etc the name of an interstate (=important road between states in the US)