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they were an advanced agricultural people who used irrigation to help grow their crops中的they和people都表示复数意义为什么却用了an

解答:

people这里表示民族。
a people意为“一个民族”,比如:The **(某国) people is a brave and hardworking people.
另外,people属集合名词,没有复数形式,与复数形式的词连用,但“peoples”是“各国人民”“各民族”的意思。例如:the peoples of Africa非洲各民族,the English-speaking peoples使用英语的民族。