可数名词用作不可数名词的情况
(2012-03-15 14:14:24)
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可数名词不可数名词 |
分类: 英语学习 |
可数名词用作不可数名词
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可数名词school,college,market,prison,hospital,bed,table,sea,class,church等于介词at,after,in,to,from等连用时,表示相关的情形或活动,或表明它们的使用目的,这样的名词转为抽象名词,具有不可数名词的特点,前面不能有冠词。如上述名词用作原来的意义表示具体实物时,是可数名词,其单数须加定冠词。比较:My daughter goes to school every day. I’m going to the school to attend the parents’ meeting. -
表示交通工具的一些名词,如bicycle,car,bus,train等与by连用时,表示抽象的概念,相当于by+不可数名词。如 on foot,by car。 -
一些表示职位、身份、职业的可数名词,在句中作表语、补足语和同位语时,表示抽象意义,可看做不可数名词。比较:His father is a professor of Tianjin University. His father is professor of Tianjin University. -
表示动物名称的是可数名词,表示肉时是不可数名词。 -
表示物体的是可数名词,表示该物体的物质名词是不可数名词。I had an egg for my breakfast today. Egg is my favorite dish. -
Work 表示“工作”是不可数名词。表示“著作、作品”是可数名词,但多用复数,如The works of Shakespear. 表示“工厂”,只用复数形式,但可表示单数意义,如The grass works is /are near the station. -
hair指一个人头上的全部头发时,是不可数名词;如果指每一根毛发时,就是可数的,可以说one hair(一根头发),two hairs(两根头发等) -
beard是可数名词,若指某人的一把胡子时要用不定冠词,说人的胡子时可有复数形式。Men have beards. He has no longer wears a beard. -
condition 指情况、健康情形时为不可数名词,指环境或条件时常作可数名词。The used car was in a good condition. Poor working conditions -
damage 指损害是不可数,指损害赔偿时可数。 Refuse to pay him damages. -
Character 指品格时不可数,指人物、角色或汉字时可数。 -
Humanity泛指人类时不可数,指人文学科时可数,常以复数形式出现。 -
Property表示财产时不可数,表示地产时可数。He has a property in the country. -
Poetry表示总称为不可数,poem为可数。 a piece of poetry/a poem -
Mail不可数,常与the或物主代词连用,表示一批邮件。表示各种邮件时可有复数形式。A piece of mail. The ship sank and the mails were lost. -
Food 指多种食物时用foods。Meat, eggs and nuts are food that is high in protein. -
Belonging指所有物、财产时常用复数形式。All his belongings were damaged by fire. -
Turn:in one’s turn (依次) in turn(轮流) by turns (轮流) take turns(轮流) The children are waiting for their turns to… -
Audience,crowd,family,class等为集合名词,一般没有复数形式,指一个集体时,常加单数动词,强调每个成员时,接复数动词。

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