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| cattle還是cattles |
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cattle還是cattles 你知道cattle的用法嗎?請(qǐng)看這樣一道題: In fact, _______ one cause that leads to the problem. A. cattle is B. cattle are C. cattles are D. the cattles are 【陷阱】此題容易誤選A,想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為cattle是單數(shù),并且空格有表單數(shù)的one,自然謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用is。 【陷阱】其實(shí),正確答案為B。cattle(牲畜,牛)為集合名詞,盡管它不帶復(fù)數(shù)詞尾-s,卻永遠(yuǎn)表示復(fù)數(shù)意義,若用作主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)要用復(fù)數(shù)。又如: For this many cattle were killed. 為此宰了不少牲畜。 The prisoners were herded like cattle. 囚犯像牲口一樣被趕到一起。 類似地,police(警察),people(人),police(警察),poultry(家禽)等也具有同樣用法,即只有單數(shù)形式,但卻表示復(fù)數(shù)意義;用作主語(yǔ)時(shí)謂語(yǔ)通常也用復(fù)數(shù);不與 a(n) 連用,但可與the連用(表示總括意義和特指)。如: The poultry have been fed. 家禽已經(jīng)喂過(guò)飼料了(from www.hz123456.com)。 In Britain police do not usually carry guns. 在英國(guó)警察通常不帶槍。 It annoys me when people forget to say “thank you”. 遇到有人忘記道謝的時(shí)候,我就不痛快。 |
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