问:我知道goods是复数名词,和people, cattle一样,没有单数形式,但是,people可以和 many连用,为什么goods不可以呢,请解释一下,好吗?
答: 事实上,goods和 people,cattle不一样。 people, cattle都是常作复数使用的集合名词,具有复数概念,它们的谓语动词要用复数形式。其中,people是可数名词, 前面可以加数目字,或类似的限定语,比如: “How many people are there in your family?”(你家里有几口人?)“There are five people in my family.” (我家有5口人。)
而cattle除了可以说:Many cattle died in the drought. (许多牛在旱灾是死了。) He has five cattle. (他有5头牛。) 还可以说:He has one head of cattle and she has three heads of cattle. (他有1头牛,她有3头牛。)
goods 表示“货物,商品”,既是一般用语,又是财贸用语。指销售或购入的物品,也指货车装运的货物。比如:The shopkeeper handed out his goods and the carrier took them away. (店主交了货,然后搬运工就把货运走了。)
注意,这里的goods只有复数形式,前面不能加数目字,或类似的修饰语,因此不能说:two goods, many goods。只能说: 1)They gave me twopieces of goods. (他们给我两件货物。) 2)They gave me two kinds of goods. (他们给了我两种货物。) 或者:1) They gave me many pieces of goods. (他们给我许多件货物。) 2)They gave me many kinds of goods. (他们给我许多种货物。)
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