36 何時(shí)不用冠詞 Track30
(1)表示獨(dú)一無二的身份前一般不用冠詞。
Elizabeth Ⅱ, Queen of England 英國女王伊麗莎白二世
a. They elected Henry chairman.
b. Henry was elected chairman of the committee.
亨利被選為協(xié)會主席。
c. He was elected president for the second time.
d. She is chairman of the committee.
e. For the first time I am king of myself. 第一次我成為了自己的主人。
f. Mr. Smith used to be president of our bank.
史密斯先生過去是我們銀行的行長。
(2)表示球類、棋類運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目時(shí)不加冠詞。
play football play chess play tennis
(3)下列這些限定詞彼此排斥,不能同時(shí)出現(xiàn)在名詞前面。
1)冠詞:the an a
2)物主形容詞:my your his her our their
3)指示形容詞:this that these those
4)名詞屬格:Tom's John's
不能說:the my book* the Tom's book* my the money*
(4)the在一些特殊的名詞前省略。
1) nature:泛指自然界(動(dòng)、植物及無生命物質(zhì)的世界)不用冠詞。
If you destroy nature you will suffer for it.
誰要是破壞大自然,誰就要遭受惡果。
2)society:泛指我們在其中生活的這個(gè)社會,一般不用冠詞。
Society turns people into criminals and then locks them up.
社會使人犯罪,然后又把他們關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。
3)space:泛指星球之間的空間,不用冠詞。
Man has just taken his first steps into space.
對于太空的探索,人類才剛剛邁出了第一步。
4)man:泛指整個(gè)人類時(shí),不用冠詞。
a. Man can conquer nature. 人定勝天。
b. From early times man has used garlic(大蒜). Through the years man has tried to cope with (處理) the smell of garlic. But no herb,
mouthwash, chewing gum, or toothpaste seems to help much.
5)history:泛指人類整個(gè)歷史時(shí),不用冠詞。
a. History may repeat itself.
b. Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die.
(5)在一日三餐名詞前不用冠詞。
have something for breakfast/lunch/supper/dinner
invite somebody to dinner
I was invited to dinner.
若三餐名詞前有形容詞時(shí),則一般加不定冠詞。例如:
We often have a big lunch and a nice dinner.
我們通常午飯吃得較多,晚飯則吃得較好。
(6)交通工具名詞前不用冠詞。
by bicycle by boat by bus by car
by plane by train by metro
但若用介詞on,則須用冠詞:on the train/plane/boat(特別注意:on foot 不加冠詞)。
(7)在一些固定介詞搭配中不用冠詞。
face to face arm in arm hand in hand shoulder to shoulder
side by side inch by inch day after day