第1个回答 2021-07-15
英语中,
小小的冠词无处不在,
如果你分不清如何使用
不定冠词“a/an”及定冠词“the”
1. 抽象名词表示一般概念,表示具体概念则不可省略
1) Love is all you need.
泛指爱的情感
2) We are coming together across the nation to carry the Love of Jesus.
指耶稣对人的具体的爱
3) Happiness is contagious.
泛指幸福
4) Life is About Sharing the Happiness and Kindness
指可以分享的具体幸福
5) Crime is a growing problem in the inner cities.
泛指犯罪行为
6) Scenes of the Crime is a 2001 film directed by Dominique Forma and written by Daniel Golka, Amit Mehta, and Forma.
指具体的某种犯罪
2. 具象名词用其抽象意义时,如sea、town、office、market等,否则不可省略
1) My uncle first went to sea at the age of 15.
指成为水手,非指大海
2) He used to spend several months at sea.
指出航,非指大海
3) I went to the sea/seaside to swim.
指具体的海边
4) What‘s on in town this weekend?
指常住地,非指具体某个城镇
5) Pat’s out of town until Tuesday.
指常住地,非指具体某个城镇
6) What‘s on in the town this weekend?
指某个具体城镇,非指常住地
7) This government has been in office for about a year now.
指执政,非指具体的政府部门
8) The opposition parties would dearly love to vote it out of office.
指执政,非指具体的政府部门
9) She didn’t get out of the office much before 7 o‘clock.
指工作场所,非指职务
3.具体名词用其抽象功能时,如church、school、college、university、class、camp、hospital、prison、court、mosque、temple、government、work、home、bed,指具体建筑、家具或增加描述内容时则不可省略。注意:上述hospital、government、university在美国英语里不省略冠词
1) Sorry, you can’t talk to Annie. She‘s at school.
她是学生,非指学校的场所
2) I say much because it’s also clear that, if she was at the school, she was there because of her connection to the force.
她在学校这个地方,但未必是学生
3) Today her mother has gone to the school to meet the principal.
指具体的学校,非指上学
4) Rose is a student and she loves school.
指读书,非指学校
5) It‘s okay to hate school: There is nothing wrong with you.
指读书,非指学校
6) After graduating from high school he went to university.
指高中及大学教育,非指具体学校;英国英语
7) If you ask people why do they go to the university, specially if you ask that before they go, most of them will answer with one word: knowledge.
指高等教育,非指学校;美国英语
8) Representative delegation of the People’s Republic of China visited the University.
指学校,非指大学教育
9) Her mother is in hospital.
她是病人,非指医院建筑;英国英语
10) On arrival at the hospital you will be asked for your personal details.
指医院建筑,英美同
11) He will be in prison for five years.
他是犯人,非指监狱建筑
12) The aging dissident was released from prison.
他是犯人,非指监狱建筑
13) The plumber went to the prison to fix the pipes.
他不是犯人,强调监狱场所
14) She stayed in bed on Sunday morning instead of going to church.
她没有从事宗教活动,非指没去教堂那个场所
15) He entered the church to photograph its interior.
指教堂建筑
16) The angry customer threatened to take him to court.
顾客打官司,非指法庭建筑
17) In the court he met an old friend.
指法庭建筑
18) What time are they leaving for temple
指祷告或礼拜活动,非指寺庙建筑
19)Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o‘clock prayer service.
指寺庙建筑
20) I don’t like going to work.
泛指干活,非指具体行业或者单位