文档介绍：集体名词:指一个团体:family,they
物质名词:具体的东西: desk, cup
抽象名词:不具体的东西:hope,dream
个体名词指作为个体而存在的人或东西,可以指具体东西,如:
She has three 。
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也可指抽象的东西,如:
He’s been here for a 。
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下面是一些常见的个体名词:
accident account actor adult animal answer
apartment article artist baby bag ball
集体名词
集体名词是由个体组成的集体的名称,下面是一些常见的集体名词:
aristocracy army audience bacteria cast
pany council crew
data enemy family flock gang
government group herd jury media
navy nobility opposition police press
proletariat public staff team youth
这些词本身有复数(注明者除外),带复数动词,表示多个集体。
单数集体名词有时作单数看待,有时作复数看待。一般说来,作为整体时作单数看待,想到它包含的成员时作复数看待。试比较下面句子:
The public was unlikely to support 。
The public were deceived by the 。
The enemy has suffered heavy 。
The enemy were attacking the 。
The government is discussing the proposal.
物质名词
物质名词指不可分成个体的物质。下面是一些常见的物质名词:
beer brandy cake cheese cloth coal
coffee coke cotton carry detergent disinfectant
dye fabric fertilizer fuel fur glue
ice ink insecticide iron jam jelly
juice liqueur lotion meat medicine metal
milk oil ointment ore paint paper
perfume plastics poison preservative rain ribbon
salad salt sand sauce snow soap
soil soup steel sugar tea whisky
water wine wood wool yarn yoghurt
Tips: 一般说来物质名词是不可数的,因而没有复数形式,但有一些特殊情况:
*有些物质名词可用作可数名词,表示“一份”,“一杯”等:
A doze