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單數(shù)形式,又有復數(shù)形式。Several hundred police were on duty last cattle are kept on the militia were called out to guard the enemy were forced to present staff number 1500.(2)有些集體名詞只作單數(shù)用。如:①His hair is had a few white hairs.②The fruit is likes pears, peaches, and other juicy fruits.第三篇:常用集體名詞的用法常用集體名詞的用法(家庭),team(隊),class(班),audience(聽眾)等其用法特點為:若視為整體,表示單數(shù)意義;若考慮其個體成員,表示復數(shù)意義。如:People will laugh at 。如:three head of cattle 3頭牛,twenty(head of)cattle 20頭牛。如:Our clothing protects us from [against] the 。如:My hair has grown very 。Mankind has its own 。如:He doesn’t not eat much 。The potato is a vegetable, not a ,而不是一種水果。析而言之,又可分為“可分集合名詞”和“不可分集合名詞”。除了可用集合量詞修飾之外,有時還可以受容器量詞、度量詞或不定量詞修飾。詞語辨析應(yīng)注意,有部分詞原意是表示集合,但詞意有所變化。分類集合名詞分為以下幾類,并分別簡述其有關(guān)用法特點:第一類形式為單數(shù),但意義可以用為單數(shù)或復數(shù)這類集合名詞包括family(家庭),team(隊),class(班),audience(聽眾)等,其用法特點為:若視為整體,表示單數(shù)意義;若考慮其個體成員,表示復數(shù)意義。This class are reading English 。Many cattle were killed for 。Such clothes are very 。Have you checked all your baggage? 你所有的行李都托運了嗎?The thief stole all her 。如:a poem / a piece of poetry 一首詩many machines / much machinery / many pieces of machinery 許多機器第五類補充幾個??嫉募厦~除上面提到的四類集合名詞外,以下幾個集合名詞也應(yīng)重點注意:(頭發(fā),毛發(fā))指全部頭發(fā)或毛發(fā)時,為集合名詞(不可數(shù));指幾根頭發(fā)或毛發(fā)時,為個體名詞(可數(shù))。如:This is an invention that benefits 。(水果)作為集合名詞,它通常是不可數(shù)的。比較:fruits Some fruits have thick 。主要依據(jù)說話者強調(diào)的重點而定,若強調(diào)許多個體,謂語用復數(shù);若強調(diào)一個整體,則用單數(shù)。常見的此類集合名詞有:army,association,audience,band,board,cast,clan,class,clique,club,college,mittee,pany,munity,congregation(教民,會眾),council(市議會,理事會),couple,crew,crowd,enemy,family,firm,fleet,flock,folk,gang,government,group,jury,kingdom,mob(暴民,暴徒),navy,opposition,orchestra,pack,pair,party,personnel,profession,population,staff,school,team,tribe(部落,部民),union,university等。t arrived yet. 11.There are verm in here.12.Some people are never satisfied.13.The police/military have surrounded the building.【注】people作民族講時有復數(shù)形式。如: Youth is the tim e for action;age is the tim e for repose. Som e youths don39。常見的此類集合名詞有:aircraft,baggage,clothing,crockery,cutlery(刀剪,餐具),equipment,foliage(樹葉),footwear,furniture,glassware,hardware,hosiery,jewellery,luggage,machinery,merchandize,poetry,pottery,silverware,stationery,underclothing,underwear,vegetation,weaponry等。如:The old machinery is out of 。③若需用代詞,用單數(shù)代詞。▲▲上述(Ⅱ)部分的詞把集體當作一個整體時,用作單數(shù);若考慮構(gòu)成這些集體的各個成員時,看作復數(shù)?!岩粋€集體名詞看作單數(shù)或復數(shù),要注意前后一致。但也有許多集體名詞沒有復數(shù)形式,不可以計數(shù)??煞譃橄旅嫒N情況:第一,有些集體名詞,如police,people,cattle,militia(民兵),poultry(家禽),vermin(害蟲)等,通常作復數(shù)。Such vermin as bugs and rats are hard to get rid of.臭蟲和老鼠那樣的害蟲難以滅絕。第三類集體名詞,如audience,mittee,class(班級),crew(全體船員),family,government,public(公眾)等,既可作單數(shù),也可作復數(shù)。如將側(cè)重點放在組成集體的成員上,動詞用復數(shù):The team are having baths and are then ing back here for tea.隊員們正在洗澡,隨后即將回到這里喝茶。其中個體名詞表示某類人或東西中的個體,如girl(女孩)等;集體名詞表示若干個個體組成的集合體,如audience(觀眾,聽眾)等;物質(zhì)名詞表示