1) 一些修饰词再加上定冠词能够特指一类人,与谓语动词的复数联接。如:the dead,the living,the rich,the poor,the blind,the hungry
The poor are losing hope.
2) 相关我国和中华民族的修饰词再加上定冠词指这一中华民族的总体,与形容词的复数并用。
the British,the English,the French,the Chinese.
The English have wonderful sense of humor.