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英文疑难详解 11.抽象名词用作普通名词
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英文的抽象名词( Abstract Noun),依照文法规则,是不可以加用冠词或变成复数的,为什么又常有人说 Many thanks(多谢); May I ask a favour of you?(我可以请你帮我一个忙吗?)
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【解答】凡是抽象名词原则是不可以加用 a,an,或改成复数的,但事实上却常见到有这种情形。如果一个抽象名词加上冠词或变成复数时,它就失去了抽象名词的资格,而变成一个普通名词( Common Noun)了。凡抽象名词被用来表示一种、部分、结果、所有者及实例等时,就失去抽象名词原有的特性,而变成了一个普通名词,因为在字前加用冠词,或在字尾改成复数,都是普通名词才有的用法呢。例如:
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Mary is a great help to her mother.(玛丽是她母亲的一大助手。)
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It is a thousand pities (=a great pity).(非常遗憾。)
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The grammar lying upon the desk is mine.(桌上的文法书是我的。)
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I have a friendship for him.(我跟他有友谊。)
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现在试将抽象名词与普通名词比较如下:
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I am learning composition.(我在学习写作。)(抽名)
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I am writing a composition.(我在写作文。)(普名)
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Exercise makes us strong.(运动可以强身。)(抽名)
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Swimming is a good exercise.(游泳是好的运动。)(普名)
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Life is pleasure.(人生是快乐的。)(抽名)
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Work is a pleasure to him.(工作对他是一种乐趣。)(普名)
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Kindness is a virtue.(亲切是美德。)(抽名)
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He has done me a great kindness (act of kindness). I have received many kindnesses from him.(他对我非常好。)(普名)
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Life is short.(人生苦短。)(抽名)
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He lives a happy life.(他生活幸福。)(普名)
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Many lives were lost in that railway accident.(在那次火车出事当中死了很多人。)(普名)
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有时在名词前另加表示数目的字眼,也同样有使那抽象名词变成普通名词的作用,例如:
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What a piece of impudence!(何等卑鄙!)
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twenty cases of death(二十个死者)
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a word (或 piece)of advice(一句忠言)
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a stroke of work(某工作的策划)
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What a stroke of luck!(多么幸运呀!)
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