people:
n. 人人类民族公民
vt. 居住于使住满人A few people in our team are sick.
我们团队有几个人生病了。
People were talking animatedly.
人们热烈地交谈着。
A thousand people were there.
那里有一千人。
Active people stay more limber.
爱运动的人身体更灵活柔软一些。
Some people hooted in disgust.
有些人厌恶地大声嚷嚷。
Why do people paint pictures?
为什么人们要画画
nation:
n. 国家民族国民The article captured the mood of the nation.
这篇文章把国民的情绪把得很准。
The entire nation， it seemed， was watching TV.
好像全国的人都在看电视。
To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.
把这项协议强加于这个国家是错误的。
He represented the nation on ceremonial occasions.
他在礼仪场合代表着国家。
people是人民的意思，nation是国家的意思。例子：
people's republic of China中华人民共和国
united nation联合国
