2020年解放军/武警/公安/边防/消防部队院校英语考试-第2讲名词（上）不可数名词的“数”

不可数名词的“数”

　1.抽象名词表示具有某种特性、状态、感情情绪的人或事。如：

　　抽象名词(不可数)

　　具体化(个体名词，可数名词)

　　a surprise一件令人惊讶的事

　　in surprise惊讶地

　　win success获得成功 a success-个(件)成功的人(事)

　　win honor赢得荣誉 an honor一个(件)引以为荣的(事)

　　Failure(失败) is the mother of success失败是成功之母。

　　a failure失败者

　　by experience靠经验 an experience一次经历

　　youth青春

　　a youth一个青年人

　　have pity on sb.怜悯某人 a piy可惜的事情

　　with pleasure乐意

　　a pleasure乐事

　　2.抽象名词与aan)连用，淡化了抽象概念，转化为似乎可以体验到的动作、行为或类别。

　　如：

　　A knowledge of English is a must in international trade

　　Would you like to have a walk(swim, bath, talk)with me?

　　It is a waste of time reading such a novel

　　She made an apology to her mother for her wrong doings

　　3.物质名词有前置定语修饰时，前面要使用不定冠词。

　　have breakfast

　　have a wonderful breakfast

　　The road is covered with snow

　　They have a heavy snow every year.

　　Time and tide wait for no man

　　We had a wonderful time last night

　　4.有些物质名词以复数形式出现，表示数量之多，范围之广。如：

　　The boy burst into tears at the bad news

　　The rising waters did a lot of harm to the crops

　　The stone bridge broke down in heavy rains