是语言学上的一个专有名词,意指一种可用来指称一群对象的词,而这些对象,可以是人、动物、或是一群概念等事物。
例如:family (家庭), cattle (牛, 牲畜), goods (货物), baggage/luggage (行李),hair (头发, 毛发),fruit (水果)
集合名词分类及用法特点:
第一类
形式为单数,但意义可以用为单数或复数这类集合名词
包括family(家庭),team(队),class(班),audience(听众)等。
其用法特点为:
若视为整体,表示单数意义;若考虑其个体成员,表示复数意义。
比较并体会:
His family is large. 他的家是个大家庭。
His family are all waiting for him. 他的一家人都在等他。
This class consists of 45 pupils. 这个班由45个学生组成。
This class are reading English now. 这个班的学生在读英语。
第二类
形式为单数,但意义永远为复数这类集合名词
包括cattle(牛,牲畜),people(人),police(警察)等。
其用法特点为:
只有单数形式, 但却表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语用复数;不与 a(n) 连用,但可与the连用(连用)。
如:People will laugh at you. 人们会笑你的。
The police are looking for him. 警察在找他。
Many cattle were killed for this. 就因为这个原因宰了不少牲畜。
注:表示牲畜的头数,用单位词 head(单复数同形)。
如:five head of cattle 5头牛,fifty (head of ) cattle 50头牛
第三类
形式为复数,意义也为复数这类集合名词包括goods(货物), clothes(衣服)等。
其用法特点是:
只有复数形式(当然也表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语也用复数),但通常不与数词连用。
如:Clothes dry slowly in the rainy season. 衣服在雨季不易干。
Such clothes are very expensive. 那样的衣服很贵。
If goods are not well made you should complain to the manufacturer. 如果货物质量不好,则理应向制造商提出控诉。
第四类
形式为单数,意义也为单数这类集合名词
包括baggage / luggage(行李), clothing(衣服), furniture(家具), machinery(机器), poetry(诗), scenery(风景),jewelry(珠宝), equipment(设备)等。
其用法特点为:
是不可数名词,只用单数形式,不用不定冠词(当然更不能用数词),没有复数形式。
如:Our clothing protects us from [against] the cold. 我们的衣服可以御寒。
The thief stole all her jewelry. 小偷把她所有的首饰都偷走了。
The hospital has no decent equipment. 这家医院没有像样的设备。
The Tang Dynasty is thought of as the high summer of Chinese poetry. 人们认为唐朝是中国诗歌的全盛时期。
注:machinery, poetry, jewelry, scenery等相应的个体可数名词是 machine, poem, jewel, scene等。
如:a poem / a piece of poetry 一首诗
many machines / much machinery / many pieces of machinery 许多机器。
初中常见集合名词及用法特点:
1. family(家庭),team(队),class(班),audience(听众)等
其用法特点为:
若视为整体,表示单数意义;若考虑其个体成员,表示复数意义。比较:
This class consists of 45 pupils. 这个班由45个学生组成。
This class are studying English now. 这个班的学生在学习英语。
2. cattle(牛,牲畜),people(人),police(警察)等
其用法特点为:
只有单数形式, 但却表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语用复数;不与 a(n) 连用,但可与the连用(表示总括意义和特指)。如:
People will laugh at you. 人们会笑你的。
The police are looking for him. 警察在找他。
For these many cattle were killed. 就因为这个原因宰了不少牲畜。
注:表示牲畜的头数,用单位词 head(单复数同形)。
如:three head of cattle 3头牛,twenty (head of )cattle 20头牛。
3. goods(货物), clothes(衣服)等
其用法特点是:
只有复数形式(当然也表示复数意义,用作主语时谓语也用复数),但通常不与数词连用。如:
Such clothes are very expensive. 那样的衣服很贵。
To whom do these goods belong? 这些书是谁的?
4. baggage / luggage(行李), clothing(衣服), furniture(家具), machinery(机器), poetry(诗), scenery(风景), jewelry(珠宝),equipment(设备)等
其用法特点为:
是不可数名词,只用单数形式,不用不定冠词 (当然更不能用数词),没有复数形式。如:
Our clothing protects us from [against] the cold. 我们的衣服可以御寒。
Have you checked all your baggage? 你所有行李都托运了吗?
特别提醒:
machinery, poetry, jewelry, scenery 相应的个体可数名词是 machine, poem, jewel, scene。
如:a poem / a piece of poetry 一首诗,
many machines / much machinery / many pieces of machinery 许多机器。
5. hair(头发,毛发)
指全部头发或毛发时,为集合名词(不可数);指几根头发或毛发时,为个体名词(可数)。如:
My hair has grown very long. 我的头发已长得很长了。(D21)
The police found two hairs there. 警察在那儿找到了两根头发。(D23)
6. mankind(人类)
是一个不可数的集合名词,不用复数形式,也不连用冠词。如:
This is an invention that benefits mankind. 这是一项造福人类的发明。
Mankind has its own problems. 人类有自己的问题。
特别提醒:
mankind 表示“人(类)”时,虽不可数,但有时却可以表示复数意义,尤其是当其表语是复数时。
如:Mankind are intelligent animals. 人是理智的动物。
7. fruit(水果)
作为集合名词,它通常是不可数的。如:
He doesn’t not eat much fruit. 他不大吃水果。
He is growing fruit in the country. 他在农村种水果。
但是,当要表示种类时,它可视为可数名词,即a fruit 指一种水果,fruits 指多种水果。体会:
Some fruits have thick skins. 有些水果皮很厚。
The potato is a vegetable, not a fruit. 土豆是一种蔬菜,而不是一种水果。
集合名词的主谓一致:
一、某些有生命的集合名词(表示人或者动物),本身有单/复数之分。
其为单数时,若作主语,则谓语可用单数/复数。
主要依据说话者强调的重点而定,若强调许多个体,谓语用复数;若强调一个整体,则用单数。
其为复数时,不言而喻,谓语必须用复数。
注意:此类名词单复数的意义并不完全相同,汉译时一定要当心。
如:army(一国之军队),armies(多国部队);couple(一对夫妇),couples(多对夫妇);等。
常见的此类集合名词有:
army,association,audience,band,board,cast,clan,class,clique,club,college,committee,company,
community,congregation(教民,会众),council(市议会,理事会),couple,crew,crowd,enemy,
family,firm,fleet,flock,folk,gang,government,group,jury,kingdom ,mob(暴民,暴徒),navy,
opposition,orchestra,pack,pair,party,personnel,profession,population,staff,school,team,tribe(部落,部民), union,university等。
1.The staff is/are hardworking.
2.The audience were moved to tears.
3.The lecturer draws large audiences.
4.The whole school was punished.
5.The class consists of 40 students.
6.This class are diligent.
7.The whole profession fight tooth andnail against it.
8.One tenth of the population of Egypt is/are Christian.
二、某些有生命的集合名词,本身无复数形式,作主语时,谓语通常用复数。
常见的此类集合名词有:
cattle,clergy,faculty(教职工), herd,mankind,military,militia(民团、民兵),
people,police,poultry(家禽),swine(猪),vermin,womankind等。
1.There are verm in here.
2.Some people are never satisfied.
3.The police/military have surrounded the building.
4.There are three people waving at us.
5.The police haven't arrived yet.
【注】people作民族讲时有复数形式。如: There are 56 peoples in China.
三、某些有生命的集合名词,本身无复数形式,其后可跟单/复数谓语动词。
常见的此类集合名词有:
aristocracy,bourgeoisie(资产阶级),church,elite(精英),gentry,intelligentsia(知识分子),
laity(外行),livestock,majority,minority,proletariat(无产阶级),offspring,public,swarm,youth等。
1.The youth today is /are better off than we used to be.
2.Her offspring is /are like her in every respect.
3.The intelligentsia are hailing Ranson as their spokesman.
【注】youth除了作集合名词以外,还可以作可数和不可数名词。如:
Youth is the tim e for action;age is the tim e for repose.
Som e youths don't like jazz.
四、某些表示国家、公司、机构、运动队等名称的专有名词也可当作集合名词使用,其后通常跟单/复数谓语动词。
常见的此类集合名词有:
Arsenal,BBC,Congress,Krem lin, Liverpool,Macm illan,Netherlands,Parliament,Pentagon,Vatican(梵蒂冈),White House等。
1.Arsenal is /are playing well in this season.
2.Macmillan have /has made a good profit this year.
3.The Seventy-First Congress was predominantly Republican.
4.The Netherlands has /have a monarchy.
5.The BBC is showing the program on Saturday.
6.Liverpool is leading 1—0.
7.Liverpool are attacking again.
五、某些无生命的集合名词(表示物)作主语时,通常被看成不可数名词,谓语用单数。
常见的此类集合名词有:
aircraft,baggage, clothing,crockery,cutlery(刀剪,餐具),equipment,foliage(树叶),
footwear,furniture,glassware,hardware,hosiery,jewellery,luggage,machinery,merchandize,
poetry,pottery,silverware,stationery,underclothing,underwear,vegetation,weaponry等。
1.All the furniture in my room is new.
2.The merchandize has arrived undamaged.
3.There is not much vegetation in deserts.
4.The equipment for the factory hasbeen shipped.
5.Warm clothing is necessary in cold climates.
6.The machinery is driven by electrici-ty.
相关初中英语知识点:可数名词(单数名词,复数名词)
可数名词:
是指能以数目来计算,可以分成个体的人或东西;
因此它有复数形式,当它的复数形式在句子中作主语时,句子的谓语也应用复数形式。
名词单数变复数的规则:
情况 | 构成方法 | 例词 | 读音 |
一般情况 | 在词尾加-s | desk→desks map→maps | -s在清辅音后发/s/ |
day→days girl→girls | -s在元音和浊辅音后发/z/ | ||
以s,x,ch,sh结尾的词 | 在词尾加-es | bus→buses box→boxes watch→watches fish→fishes | -es发/iz/音 |
以辅音字母加-y结尾的词 | 变y为i再加-es | family→families factory→factories party→patries | -ies发/iz/音 |
以元音字母加-y结尾的词 | 在词尾加-s | day→days boy→boys key→keys | -s发/z/音 |
以f或fe结尾的词 | 变f或fe为v再加-es | knife→knives life→lives wife→wives half→halves | -ves发/vz/音 |
以辅音字母加-o结尾的词 | 在词尾加-es | potato→potatoes tomato→tomatoes hero→heroes | -es发/z/音 |
以元音字母加-o结尾的词 | 在词尾加-s | radio→radios zoo→zoos | -s发/z/音 |
妻子骑牛拿起刀,wife,calf,knife ↑
追得贼狼满街跑,thief,wolf →→→变f或fe为v,再加es
碰倒架子丧己命,shelf,self,life ↓
手帕树叶半空飘。handkerchief,leaf,half ↓
名词复数的不规则变化:
1.不规则形式:
child→children(儿童)
man→men(男人)
woman→women (女人)
an Englishman→two Englishmen(英国人)
foot→feet(脚)
tooth→teeth(牙)
mouse→mice(老鼠)
ox →oxen(公牛)
goose→geese(鹅)
2.单复同形:
deer,sheep,fish,Chinese,Japanese, species,means,Swiss
除人民币,美元、英镑、法郎等都有复数形式。
如:a dollar,two dollars; a meter,twometers
3.集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数:
people police cattle是复数
(OK :a person,a policeman,ahead of cattle,the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss )
(Error:a people,a police,a cattle )
表示国民总称时,作复数用。
(The Chinese are industries and brave. 中国人民是勤劳勇敢的。)
4.以s结尾,仍为单数的名词
maths,politics,physics等学科名词,为不可数名词,是单数。
news是不可数名词。
5.表示由两部分构成的东西,
glasses(眼镜) trousers (长裤) clothes(衣服)
若表达具体数目,要借助数量词pair(对,双)a pair of glasses two pairs of trousers suit(套)
6.另外还有一些名词,其复数形式有时可表示特别意思
goods (货物) waters (水域) fishes (各种鱼)
可数名词变复数的几种形式:
1) 单数名词加s: students, apples, bags, trees, books, brothers.
2) 以s、x、sh、ch结尾的名词加es: glasses, boxes, brushes, matches.
3) 以辅音字母加y结尾的名词,变y为i加es: cities, babies, enemies.
4) 以f或fe结尾的名词,多数变f为v加es: wives, knives.但有些词只加s: roofs,proofs, chiefs.
5) 以o结尾的名词,有些加es: Negroes, heroes, tomatoes, potatoes.其它加s: radio s, zoos, pianos, photos.
6) 不规则名词:foot→feet, goose→geese, tooth→teeth, child→children, man→men, woman→women, mouse→mice.
7) 单复数同形的名词:sheep,fish,dee.
注意:fish表示种类时,也用fishes这样的形式。
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