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单数可数名词前不用冠词的若干情形

2016-09-01来源:和谐英语

单数可数名词前不用冠词的若干情形  

  

单数可数名词前有时不用冠词或者说用零冠词,主要有以下情况:  

(1) 用于表示家庭成员或 nurse, cook, teacher 等名词前:  

Mother is not at home. 妈妈不在家。  

Ask nurse to put the child to bed. 叫保姆抱孩子到床上去睡觉。  

Teacher was satisfied with our work. 老师对我们的工作很满意。  

(2) 用于动词 turn(变成),go(变成)后作表语的名词通常用零冠词:  

He was a teacher before he turned writer. 他在成为作家之前是教师。  

He has gone socialist. 他成了社会主义者。  

(3) 在让步状语从句的倒装句式中,单数可数名词前通常用零冠词:  

Child as he is, he knows a lot. 他虽然是个孩子,但已经很懂事了。  

Teacher though he is, he can’t know everything. 他虽然是老师,但也不可能什么都懂。  

(4) 单数可数名词用作呼语,通常用零冠词:  

How is she, doctor? 医生,她怎么样?   

Can you drive me to the station, driver? 司机,请送我去车站,好吗?  

(5) 在某些独立结构中通常用零冠词:  

The teacher came in, book in hand. 老师走了进来,手里拿著书。  

He was sitting in the chair, pipe in mouth. 他坐在椅子上,嘴里叼着烟斗。  

(6) 在“(a) kind [sort] of+名词”这一结构中,名词通常用零冠词:  

This kind of book is very interesting. 这种书很有趣。  

He is the sort of person I really dislike. 他这种人我真不喜欢。  

【注】注意以下两句在含义上的差别:  

What kind of car is it? 这是什么牌子的车?  

What kind of a car is it? 这种车质量如何?  

(7) 当单数可数名词含义抽象化具有形容词意味时,通常用零冠词:  

The man was more animal than man. 那个人与其说是人,不如说是畜生。  

I was fool enough to accept his offer. 我接受他的提议真是太傻了。  

Are you man enough for this dangerous job? 你有勇气做这项危险的工作吗?