高三英語:不可數(shù)名詞前冠詞的用法
來源:學大教育 時間:2013-12-22
不可數(shù)名詞前通常不用冠詞,但在下列情況下不可數(shù)名詞則和可數(shù)名詞一樣,前面需用冠詞:
(1) 當一個抽象名詞或物質(zhì)名詞被限定時,它前面要用定冠詞the。
The milk in the bottle has gone sour. [指這瓶中的牛奶]
The freedom you discussed just now is nowhereto be found in the world (在世界上根本找不到). [主語部分是“你們剛才討論的自由”,系特指]
(2) 抽象名詞或物質(zhì)各詞的前、后加上表示其特殊性質(zhì)或類別的修飾語時,該名詞前面應(yīng)加不定冠詞a或an,不能用定冠詞 the。
This is green tea. [綠茶系物質(zhì)名詞,前面不用冠詞]
This is a green tea which was picked beforethe first rain in spring. [指第一場谷雨落下前采摘下的雨前茶,表示該茶的一種特殊性質(zhì),故前面須用a]
Amy's room is furnished with simplicity. [simplicity系抽象名詞,前不用冠詞。]
Amy's room is furnished with a simplicity that is almost elegant. [指近乎雅致的簡單,表示不是一般的simplicity,點出它的特殊性質(zhì),放前面須用 a]
Mary Lee speaks English with fluency. [fluency系抽象名詞,前不用冠詞]
Mary Lee speaks English with a fluency no to be expected of an ordinary Chinese school girl. [指講英語流利的程度遠非一般中國女學生所能達到,表示 fluency 的一種特殊性質(zhì),前面須用a]
The man disappeared with suddenness. [suddenness系抽象名詞,前面無冠詞]
At the crack of the shotgun the bird disappeared with a startling suddenness. [鳥一聽見槍聲就以驚人的速度飛走了,表示了非同一般的 suddenness,故前面用 a]
[分析]
A和B都對,因作“思想”或“思想修養(yǎng)”解時,mind前有定冠詞the,如: Reading is good for the mind.
C中but在這里用作副詞,相當于only.
soil(泥土)是物質(zhì)名詞,通常前面不用冠詞,但這里soil為形容詞barren所修飾,barren soil指不毛之地,barren表示了此soil與其他soil不同的特殊性質(zhì),故前面應(yīng)加上不定冠詞a,即a barren soil。