英语中集体名词后面用单数还是复数

核心提示表示“群”的集体名词常见的有(Ⅰ)peeplepolicecattlepoultryverminclergymilitia(Ⅱ)familyclassteamgovernmentvrowdcommitteecrewjurypartyfirm

表示“群”的集体名词常见的有

(Ⅰ)

peeple

police

cattle

poultry

vermin

clergy

militia

(Ⅱ)

family

class

team

government

vrowd

committee

crew

jury

party

firm

couple

board

group

gang

enemy

union

audience

public

mankind

humanity

youth

▲上述(Ⅰ)部分的词作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数。

如:

The police are looking for him

警察当局正在找他。

▲▲上述(Ⅱ)部分的词把集体当作一个整体时,用作单数;若考虑构成这些集体的各个成员时,看作复数。

如:

My family is a large one

我家是个大家庭。

My family are all workers

我的家人都是工人。

▲▲▲上述(Ⅰ)部分的词以及public,church,audience,mankind,humanity等通常只有单数形式,也不能直接加a(n)(audience除外);其中clergy,public,church,youth,police等的前面通常要加the。

▲▲▲▲把一个集体名词看作单数或复数,要注意前后一致。

如:

The team is famous for its(不能用their) long history

该对以历史悠久而闻名。

He has joined the football team who are (不可用whichi is) all famous footballers

他参加了一个队员全是著名足球选手的那个足球队。

个体名词在英语上怎么用。集体名词在英语上怎么用。

应该没差别呀一些名词为单数形式,但做整体概念来看待,称为集合名词或集体名词,如:people police cattle,其谓语动词一般用复数。�有些名词为单数形式,做整体概念来看待时,谓语动词用单数。强调整体中具体人或事物时,谓语动词用复数。如:class, family, audience, committee, army

小组英语是什么呢?

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名词是表示人或物的名称的词,可分为普通名词和专有名词两大类。普通名词由表示某一类人或物的个体的个体名词、表示由若干个体组成的集合体的集体名词、表示无法分为个体的实物的物质名词、以及表示性质、行为、状态、感情等抽象概念的抽象名词组成;专有名词则是个人、地方、机构、组织等所专有的名称。

11 可数名词与不可数名词(Countable nouns and uncountable nouns)

从词的形式来看,英语名词分为可数名词与不可数名词。可数与不可数是英语名词的最基本类别。一般说来,个体名词是可数名词;物质名词、抽象名词和专有名词是不可数名词;集体名词则有的可数, 有的不可数。

111 可数名词与不可数名词(Countable nouns and uncountable nouns)

a 可数名词有单、复数形式,单数形式可用a/ an; 不可数名词没有复数形式,单数形式前不用a/ an,但可用the或不用。例如:

Tom is a little boy

There are 20 boys in our class

Fish and poultry are usually not called meat

I'll pay for the meat

b 名词的数影响句子中与之有关的谓语动词、限定词等。例如:

There are many/ some/ a lot of/ (a) few people in the park

There are not many/ any people in the park

There is much/ some/ a lot of/ (a) little/ a great deal of/ a fair

amount of water

There is not much/ any water

c 下列名词常用作不可数名词:

accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, cash, cloth,clothing, coal, equipment, fun, furniture, grass, harm, information, ink, knowledge, labour, laughter, leisure, luck, lightning, living, luggage, machinery, meat, money, news, paper, permission,

popularity, progress, rice, scenery, soap, sugar, tea, traffic, travel, trouble, thunder, weather, work等。

112 可数名词与不可数名词之间的相互转化(Conversion of uncountable into countable and countable into uncountable) 可数名词与不可数名词在一定条件下可以相互转化。

a 物质名词一般是不可数的,但用来表示具体、个别事物,或表示各种不同品种时,通常是可数的,如different coffees,

various soaps。再看以下例子:

Do you care for tea

Long-jing is a well-known tea

We were not allowed to buy wine at lunch time

I like wines

b 抽象名词一般是不可数的,但当它前后有修饰语表示"某一种"或"某一方面"的抽象概念时,其前可加a/ an。例如:

A good map would be a help

It was a relief to sit down

He had a good knowledge of mathematics

c 某些物质名词或抽象名词用作复数时,词义往往起变化。例如:

Light(光)travels faster than sound

The lights(灯)are on

He is a teacher of five years' experience(经验)

He is relating to us his experiences(经历)as an explorer

d 有些集体名词,如audience, committee, class, couple, crew,

family, team, government, jury, party, public等,既可作单数,

又可作复数。把集体视为一个整体时,用作单数;指该集体

的各个成员时,用作复数。例如:

The audience is enormous

The audience are enjoying every minute of the play

His family is small

My family are all doctors

12 复数(Plural)

121 英语名词的复数构成(Formation of the plural of English nouns)

a 英语可数名词的规则复数形式,是在词尾加-s。例如:

desks, maps, lakes, workers, fields, days, miles, pages, horses

b 如词尾为ch, sh, ss或x,在词尾加-es。例如:

church→churches, bush→bushes, class→classes, box→boxes

c 如词尾为-f或-fe,一般变为-ves; 有的加-s即可;而有的

则既可变为-ves,又可只加-s。例如:

calf→calves, half→halves, knife→knives, leaf→leaves,

life→lives, loaf→loaves, self→selves, shelf→shelves,

thief→thieves, wife→wives, wolf→wolves;

belief→beliefs, chief→chiefs, roof→roofs, safe→safes,

handkerchief→handkerchiefs;

hoof→hooves/ hoofs, scarf→scarves/ scarfs,

wharf→wharves/ wharfs

d 如词尾为-y,则变y为i,再加-es。例如:

party→parties, factory→factories, family→families

e 如词尾为o,有的加-es;有的加-s;有的则既可加-es,又可只加-s。例如:

echo→echoes, hero→heroes, potato→potatoes,

tomato→tomatoes;

radio→radios, piano→pianos, photo→photos, zoo→zoos;

buffalo→buffalo(e)s, cargo→cargo(e)s, mosquito→mosquito(e)s,

volcano→volcano(e)s

f 表示字母、数字及其它词类的复数时,词尾常加-'s,有时只加-s。例如:

Her J's look like T's

Since the beginning of the 90's, the town has changed a lot

Don't interrupt me with your buts

g 一些不规则变化的名词复数形式:

child→children, foot→feet, goose→geese, man→men,mouse→mice, ox→oxen, tooth→teeth, woman→women

h 有些以-s结尾的名词通常只有复数形式:

scissors, goods, trousers, clothes, pants, spectacles;belongings, findings, savings, surroundings;contents, mumps, measles, stairs

i 有些集体名词用作复数:

cattle, police, people, militia, poultry

122 源自希腊文或拉丁文的外来词(Words of Greek or Latin origin)

一些外来词有以下的复数变化形式:

a 词尾-is变成-es: analysis→analyses, basis→bases,crisis→crises

b 词尾-um变成-a:

curriculum(课程)→curricula, datum(资料,数据)→data, medium(媒体)→media

c 词尾-on变成-a:

criterion(标准)→criteria/ criterions , phenomenon→phenomena

d 词尾-us变成-i:

nucleus→nuclei, stimulus→stimuli, syllabus(教学大纲)→syllabi

e 词尾-a变成-ae:

antenna(天线)→antennae/ antennas,

formula(准则,公式)→formulae

f 词尾-ix/ -ex变成-ices:

appendix(附录)→appendices, index(索引)→indices/ indexes

123 具有两种不同意义的复数形式(Two forms of the plural with

differentiated meaning)

有些名词的复数具有两种不同意思,一个与单数的意思相同,另一个则为别的意思。例如:

arms手臂(复数);武器

customs习惯(复数);关税

minutes 分钟(复数);记录

124 单数形式(Singular form)

a 有的名词单复数同形:

Chinese, Japanese, deer, sheep, means, series, species,以及jin

(斤)、li(里)、yuan(元)等汉语译名。例如:

one sheep/ two sheep

b 有些以-s结尾的学科名词或国名,作单数用:

phonetics(语音学),physics,optics(光学),politics;

the United States, the United Nations, the Netherlands等。

c 有些和数词连用的名词,表示复数时仍保持单数形式:

a ten-pound baby, a twelve-foot pole, two dozen eggs,

three million dollars

125 复合名词(Compound nouns)

a 句法复合名词的复数形式:

1)词尾加-s: bedrooms, bookcases

2)前后两个名词均需变为复数:

manservant→menservants, woman doctor→women doctors

3)少数复合名词可在第一或第二个词后加-s:

attorney general→attorneys general/ attorney generals

4)名词后加-s:

looker-on→lookers-on, son-in-law→sons-in-law

5)词尾加-s: grown-up→grown-ups,sit-in→sit-ins

6)动词-ing形式后加-s: coming-in→comings-in

b 衔头、称谓的复数形式:

the two Browns, DrsWilliam and Henry Brown

13 单位名词(Unit nouns)

单位名词用来表示不可数名词的个体性,即使之能以个数计算;也能与可数名词搭配表示"一双","一群"等意义。除了搭配能力很强的piece和bit以外,还有表示形状、容积、重量以及表示成双、成群的单位名词。例如:

a piece/ bit of advice/ bread/ information/ news;

a bar of chocolate/ a cake of soap/ a loaf of bread/ a pack of cigarettes;

a bag of flour/ a basket of fruit/ a pound of butter/ a yard of fabric;

a couple of players/ a flock of birds/ a pair of shoes/ a swarm of bees等。

14 名词属格(Genitive nouns)

英语名词有两种属格:-'s属格和of-属格。例如:

What is the school's name

What is the name of the school

141 -'s属格和of-属格(-s genitive and of genitive)

a 两种属格表示的意义

1)所有关系:

Mr Brown's suitcase (相当于Mr Brown has a suitcase)

the trunk of an elephant (相当于An elephant has a trunk)

2)主谓关系:

Dr Smith's answer (相当于Dr Smith answered---)

the claim of the buyers (相当于The buyers claimed---)

3)动宾关系:

the boy's punishment (相当于--- punished the boy)

the occupation of the Island (相当于--- occupied the island)

4)事物的来源:

the girl's story (相当于a story told by the girl)

the laws of Newton (相当于the laws advanced by Newton)

5)事物的类别:

a doctor's degree (相当于a doctoral degree)

women's magazines (相当于magazines for women)

6)同位关系:

the city of New York (相当于New York is a city)

the pleasure of meeting you (相当于Meeting you is a pleasure)

7)其它:

10 days' absence/ an absence of 10 days

(相当于The absence lasted 10 days)

parts of the problem

(相当于The problem is divisible into parts)

b -'s属格的使用:

1)主要用于表示有生命的名词,如women's clothes, the horse's

mouth等。

2)用于国家机关、社团及一些地理名称,如the government's

plan, Europe's future等。

3)用于交通工具等,如the ship's bell, the car's engine 等。

4)用于表示时间、距离、价值和重量的名词,如a moment's

thought, seven hours' walk, six dollars' worth, two tons' weight

等。

5)常用于一些习惯用语中,如in my mind's eye, in life's

struggle等。

c of-属格的使用:

主要用于表示无生命的名词,如the events of the decade, the

door of the hut等。

d -'s属格的省略:

-'s属格后的名词有以下情况可以省略:

1)被修饰名词在句中已出现过,例如:

His car is faster than his father's (car)

2)被修饰名词表示某人的家,例如:

The doctor's (house) is on the other side of the street

3)被修饰名词表示教堂、学校等公共建筑物,例如:

Joe lives near St Paul's (Cathedral) in London

4)被修饰名词表示某家店铺,例如:

Pickled vegetables are available at the grocer's

142 双重属格(Double genitive)

兼有两种属格结构的后置修饰语叫做双重属格。

a 双重属格用来表示的所有关系是人,不是物。例如:

a/ any friend of mine (=one/ any of my friends)

some daughters of Mrs Green's

(=some of Mrs Green's daughters)

two novels of Dickens' (=two of Dickens' novels)

上面的例子说明,双重属格可用a, any, some 及数词等修饰of

短语前面的名词,但不能用the,如不能说" the daughters of

Mrs Green's"。

b 双重属格还常用this,that,these 和those 修饰of短语前面的名词, 以表示爱憎褒贬等情感。例如:

this idea of yours

that remark of David's

these shoes of my sister's

those dirty hands of Peter's

小组英语是group。

n 集体,团体;组,群;集团;乐团,乐队;空军大队(通常由两个或两个以上的基地组成);(元素周期表中的)族;(系统语法中的)词组;原子团

v (使)成组,聚集;将……分类

短语

Blackstone Group 黑石集团 ; 黑石团体 ; 百仕通

Tata Group 塔塔集团 ; 印度塔塔集团 ; 塔塔团体 ; 达达集团

Group of Eight 澳洲八校联盟 ; 八大名校 ; 八校联盟 ; 八国集团

词语辨析

band, mob, masses, gang, swarm, group, throug

这组词都有“群,帮,伙”的意思,其区别是:

band 多指一群有明确宗旨,为共同目的而结合在一起的人,常含贬义。

mob 指无组织、乱七八糟凑合在一起的乌合之众,或指聚集在一起寻衅滋事的人群,多为暴徒。

masses 指群众或人民大众。

gang 常指从事非法、暴力或敌对活动的帮派或团伙。有时呈中性,词义同group。

swarm 指人数众多,杂乱无章,不停移动的一群人。

group 普通用词,通常指有组织、有秩序的一群人,也可指无意汇集在一起的一群人。

throug 书面用词,意义接近crowd,侧重密集地挤在一起的一群,含挤在一起向前推进之意。

 
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