英语常见集合名词的用法1. family(家庭),team(队),class(班),audience(听众)等其用法特点为:若视为整体,表示单数意义;若考虑其个体成员,表示复数意义。比较:This class consists of 45 pupils. 这个班由45个学生组成。This class are studying English now. 这个班的学生在学习英语。2. cattle(牛,牲畜),people(人),police(警察)等其用法特点为:只有单数形式, 但却表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语用复数;不与 a(n) 连用,但可与the连用(表示总括意义和特指)。如:People will laugh at you. 人们会笑你的。The police are looking for him. 警察在找他。For these many cattle were killed. 就因为这个原因宰了不少牲畜。注:表示牲畜的头数,用单位词 head(单复数同形)。如:three head of cattle 3头牛,twenty (head of )cattle 20头牛。3. goods(货物), clothes(衣服)等其用法特点是:只有复数形式(当然也表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语也用复数),但通常不与数词连用。如:Such clothes are very expensive. 那样的衣服很贵。To whom do these goods belong? 这些书是谁的?4. baggage / luggage(行李), clothing(衣服), furniture(家具), machinery(机器), poetry(诗), scenery(风景), jewelry(珠宝),equipment(设备)等其用法特点为:是不可数名词,只用单数形式,不用不定冠词 (当然更不能用数词),没有复数形式。如:Our clothing protects us from [against] the cold. 我们的衣服可以御寒。Have you checked all your baggage? 你所有行李都托运了吗?特别提醒:machinery, poetry, jewelry, scenery 相应的个体可数名词是 machine, poem, jewel, scene。如:a poem / a piece of poetry 一首诗,many machines / much machinery / many pieces of machinery 许多机器。5. hair(头发,毛发)指全部头发或毛发时,为集合名词(不可数);指几根头发或毛发时,为个体名词(可数)。如:My hair has grown very long. 我的头发已长得很长了。(D21)The police found two hairs there. 警察在那儿找到了两根头发。(D23)[1][2]下一页 说明:引用此文请注明出处,并请保留该文章链接地址,谢谢~~6. mankind(人类)是一个不可数的集合名词,不用复数形式,也不连用冠词。如:This is an invention that benefits mankind. 这是一项造福人类的发明。Mankind has its own problems. 人类有自己的问题。特别提醒:mankind 表示“人(类)”时,虽不可数,但有时却可以表示复数意义,尤其是当其表语是复数时。如:Mankind are intelligent animals. 人是理智的动物。7. fruit(水果)作为集合名词,它通常是不可数的。如:He doesn’t not eat much fruit. 他不大吃水果。He is growing fruit in the country. 他在农村种水果。但是,当要表示种类时,它可视为可数名词,即a fruit 指一种水果,fruits 指多种水果。体会:Some fruits have thick skins. 有些水果皮很厚。The potato is a vegetable, not a fruit. 土豆是一种蔬菜,而不是一种水果。上一页[1][2] 说明:引用此文请注明出处,并请保留该文章链接地址,谢谢~~